Last weekend, Maria Caselles Llambies, a veteran faller from Baix la Mar, died. The fallers wanted to pay tribute by remembering the importance of her person: «There are people who, with absolute simplicity and naturalness, leave traces in the lives of those who They have been lucky enough to meet them. One of those people is, without a doubt, our Maria, a woman who has passionately lived an unconditional love for our fault throughout her entire life.
Maria was born and lived on Pont Street, where years later the Baix la Mar fails, to which she was forever linked. Her father, Pepe Caselles, who was a carpenter by profession, actively participated in the making of the Fallas monuments, so Maria saw first-hand the work needed to carry out a commission, and she never stopped working and collaborating in all of them. the tasks that a fallero exercise entails.
In the kitchen he delighted the falleros with his famous fried hole cokes. «And how can we forget the delicious tomato sandwiches with which we had dinner on so many float nights? Oh, the float nights! "How much he liked them, and how he enjoyed them!" they say from Baix La Mar.
They remember that working nights with her were "more fun": "How many laughs and conversations remain in the memory, how many balls and confetti she has hit and how much encouragement and good advice she has transmitted to the different positions that, over the years, "They have headed the commission," they say.
They highlight that Maria was present at all the organized events and events and enjoyed it like no one else; She opened and closed the party dancing and always said goodbye to each and every person present with a kiss and a big smile.
She shared her love for the falla with her husband, Pepe Albi, named Honorary President of the falla, and together they transmitted to their children Bartolomé and Sefa, and to their grandchildren Patricia, Pablo, Quique and Maria, "not only the love for the festival, but also their good character and that spark, charisma and personality that makes them loved by everyone.
«Maria, we will miss you, but we will never forget you. You leave a great trail of experiences in all of us who love you and we are sure that every time we sing the There is no one who can, wherever you are, you will accompany us. Goodbye, Maria," they concluded from the note.
