Audio guide for large monument 2025

English

Dear reader, now a player:

Everyday life, like the game of chess, puts us in complicated situations. It doesn’t matter which piece you are, in the end you always find yourself exposed. Each situation requires a move and the decision you make will mark the course of your life. If you are a simple pawn, perhaps someone will decide for you. If you are the king, you can decide, but not always with the right decision. Life, like the game, puts us in check from time to time. The secret is to resist checkmate. Pay attention to the following verses and reflect on a double game of chess that mixes balance in society.

Life is a chessboard, full of moves,

where the people are pieces, in the hands of players,

Politicians move us, with refined promises,

but the movements are full of bad decisions.

We laborers work, without knowing the destiny,

and the kings hide behind a bishop,

The towers watch, everything seems to be fine,

but the departure hides a funereal future.

Each pawn is a life, each move a wish,

The back row wants to control us,

There is always a little light, it seems like the middle path,

the air is thick, dreams are falling apart.

The queen makes great moves, but without sense,

Bewildered, the pawn believes his lie.

The world spins hard, but weakly it screams,

and the people cry, waiting for a way out.

These garments are powerful and very dangerous.

All movements are within reach.

If necessary, a pawn is sacrificed in style.

«There are many pawns,» is what they often say.

The horse neighs, and the heart stops,

the balance is fragile, everything is sinking,

one wrong move, life rushes,

While the politician smiles, the people criticize.

Another horse boots, but the board is crushed,

The war of powers makes us dizzy,

While the people suffer, the world screams and fights,

and the game holds, but no one finishes.

This one seems to be a commission agent,

that the government helps in everything that is requested.

Masks, flats and suitcases to negotiate,

even a pig can pick you up.

The tower advances, but the ground is cracking,

while we pawns try a revolution.

Politicians easily castle us,

Checkmate is a matter of imposition.

The air changes, like a great play,

the board shakes, time flies,

the fight is hard, the war is dirty,

and the people wait but the rumor does not stop.

Life is a collection of dualities

And you need to know where to bet.

If you don’t take a stand on one side,

Society, black or white, is going to determine you.

Checkmate is becoming too present,

in promises that remain pending.

The skull reminds us of this movement,

in actions such as aid, housing and other rights.

I am the white and the enemy is the black,

but this is not very clear.

Both kings join together to make pacts

And the pawns of a row never stop fighting.

Heads or tails,

atheist or God,

left or right,

white or black

One against the other

all opposed

The ladies face each other

in a polarized world

Have you ever felt like a weight in the game of check? If you move to the left you are a communist sellout; if you move to the right you were a fascist. You cannot be critical and decide on grey. There is only black or white. So let’s be selfish: if I go this way I put myself within range of the knight and if I go that way my bishop will protect me. That’s not really what I’m going for, but of the possible moves it’s the one that hurts me the least.

The international chessboard seems to be more active.

The Russian has us in check in the world and wants to press the little button,

to the American who doesn’t care about NATO,

and the laughing Chinese man who threatens us all.

We have the feeling that people are playing games.

In check we are the pawns,

And in a very similar way, like pins we fall

within his game without feelings.

On the international scene, things look bad. Wars now and before. Thin skins and huge egos. There is little we can prevent, the movements are increasingly unexpected. But we don’t have to go far from home to find movements in the game that affects us all. Thank goodness the people save the people. How long can we resist?

The leaders are the kings, and the people are the pawns,

Everyone moves in their own way, without any direction,

While the sun is burning and the rain has conditions,

This is a losing game, without any revolution.

Climate change warns, moving the horse,

The world moves, but everything remains the same,

Yes, let’s talk about the «Dana» that has hurt us all,

until the king falls, due to a fatal error.

But will the king finally fall?

Or again, how will a good politician be saved?

It would be nice to know who is the king of this game,

what does not do what it can or what it was eating.

Whatever it is, I’m covered in mud up to my eyebrows

Neither white nor black has grabbed a shovel.

It seems that we pawns have taken our fill

And for the moment we have turned the game around.

King exalted by his faithful bishop and a group of queens,

It looks like the president of the government and the ministers are from La Palma.

They never stop lying and cheating,

But he continues to govern because he has no red lines left.

Politicians play in the war of egos,

while the earth cries for its wounded,

The game becomes complicated, the mood is tedious,

and the people continue with desperate cries.

The tower delimits and the territory must protect

But this community president is just showing off.

He has now become an ogre

But if he had to protect, the job has not turned out too well.

If the work is not done well, the boss can fire you.

But in politics there is no such option.

As much as the people beg for his resignation

The tower will be glued to your chair.

If we look closely, a jester appears to be in charge of the tower.

Would it be possible to send it from Madrid?

In rebellion the tower must be,

Because the State of Alarm was not requested either.

Between one thing and another, a house to sweep.

Whites and blacks, all thinking the same.

The mud will come out of your ears and you will be silent,

that no one will take responsibility here.

The shepherd’s checkmate is about to arrive,

and that’s why a goat pokes its head out.

Some will find out late, but in Cullera we will be informed,

Captain «New Fishing» a video will make us gather together.

What do you think? Are you seeing it? It seems that on a social level we are not in the best moment. But we are not going to be pessimistic, let’s now analyse the Fallas atmosphere.

In a fault we are better organized.

The fallera mayor, like a queen, represents us.

The king, could be the president,

There is no complaint about him since he is present at work.

The Board of Directors, like a game that never ends,

Everyone has an idea in mind but no one works on it.

But in the end, without wanting to, we all followed the path,

on a board of fire and flame that fulfills its destiny.

The fault is the board, full of pieces,

Where everyone wants to be king, let’s see what you believe.

One wrong move, and the project is broken,

But like good players, everyone criticizes and no one thinks.

The partygoers are pawns with knight movement,

that bounce from one side to the other, without having control of the attack.

The Fallas exercise seems like a game, full of silent players,

where everyone wants to win, but no one takes the right steps.

The Local Board is like a king, who does not move too much,

They look at us from the throne, with pumpkin faces.

We, the falleros, are the pawns, who always go ahead,

without thinking carefully about where we are going, but with intensity towards the fault.

Check is a game of strategy and failure is a feeling.

If we put this essence together, it can’t go so bad.

Long live the fallas and the game of this board,

And even more so if it is a Raval tournament.

Dear player, we have reached the end and perhaps it would have been better not to start any melons. In any case, life is like a game of chess: a game marked by the moves that one has chosen. You can continue making your reflections by watching the monumental game that is going to take place in the Raval district. You are invited to play this final game.

We are in danger

And this is evident

Checkmate in the world.

Resisting is the only option.