At the end of the nineteenth century, the Holy Week in Valencia did not have a special significance except for in the town of Poble Nou de la Mar. However, on Holy Saturday at the hour of the “toque de gloria” (the sound of a specific bell), an explosion of celebration, cacophony, and chaos took place, as everyone made noise with firecrackers, guns or old pieces of junk. The three days following Easter consisted of excursions and picnics in the fields, which often stretched into the celebrations in honor of Saint Vincent Ferrer, during which altars were raised in a variety of neighborhoods to commemorate the miracles of their idols, as is still done today.