App Oficial Ofrenda (Junta Central Fallera, Valencia)
Official app from the Junta Central Fallera (governing body of Valencia's Fallas) that tracks all 384 fallera commissions live during the two-day Ofrenda de Flores parade. BLE 5.0 chips are inserted into each commission's banner (estandarte/cruceta) to measure passage times and current location along the two parade routes (San Vicente and La Pau). Users get push notifications when their chosen commission passes checkpoints. Same chip technology is used in Madrid/Barcelona/Seville marathons.
Every one of Valencia's 384 neighborhood falla commissions is individually tracked and compared on the same map; passage-time data inherently ranks/contrasts commissions and makes the inter-falla competition (and ranking on prizes elsewhere in Fallas) legible to the public in real time.
Each commission's members and barrio supporters subscribe to push notifications for their falla, allowing diaspora and barrio members to coordinate cheering points and follow their own neighborhood crew's progress through the city.
Massive municipal scale (city of ~800k, 128,000 falleros, 384 neighborhoods, all individually identified with hardware chips). One of the most large-scale 'digitized traditional neighborhood competition' systems in the world, run by the city itself rather than a startup.
Others in the same family
Shinjo Matsuri official app + Yamada Festival Mikoshi Map
Official municipal apps for two traditional Japanese matsuri. Shinjo's app attaches GPS devices to each of ~20 ornate yatai floats (each owned by a wakaren/young men's neighborhood association), shows them live on a map, plus quizzes about each float and photo frames. Yamada's site does the same for omikoshi/floats with a real-time browser map. Both function alongside the chōnaikai/ujiko (neighborhood association / shrine parishioner) structure.
Las Fallas de Valencia (Casals Fallers competition)
~750 neighborhood 'casals fallers' (faller clubs). Covering ~25% of Valencia's population. Each commission and build a satirical sculptural monument (a 'falla') up to five stories tall in their own neighborhood. All fallas compete in juried categories (Seccion Especial down to local sections), plus a separate Ninot Indultat popular-vote contest decides which figure escapes burning on 19 March.
Gigli.app + Fantagigli (Festa dei Gigli di Nola)
Official app for the UNESCO-recognized Festa dei Gigli, where eight enormous wooden obelisks (gigli) representing the historic guilds/neighborhoods of Nola are carried through the streets by paranze (crews of ~120 carriers each). Features live geolocation of each giglio, AR/3D content, an 'identity card' for each giglio (name of paranza, song lyrics), and the standout 'Fantagigli' fantasy-football-style game with a public leaderboard where users build teams from real paranze and earn points based on their performances. Built by Esthar startup with University Federico II Naples Physics Department.
Palio di Siena (Contrade)
Siena is permanently divided into 17 contrade (Eagle, Snail, Wave, Panther, Tortoise, Owl, etc.), each a geographic ward with its own colors, symbol, church, museum, and social club. Ten contrade race horses bareback in Piazza del Campo at each Palio. But the contrada is also the year-round home of feasts, baptisms, choirs, children's groups, and mutual-aid funds.
Corrida dos Bonecos Gigantes de Olinda
Olinda's iconic giant puppets ('bonecos gigantes'. Homem da Meia-Noite, Mulher do Dia, Menino da Tarde, plus 200+ others representing local and global figures) are run up Olinda's steep colonial hills in a juried race. 2026 added a new modality. Curator-selected runners compete sequentially in feminine and masculine categories, judged on technical criteria including puppet weight class and performance. Encontro dos Bonecos Gigantes meeting is held in Guadalupe neighborhood.
Munzee Clan Wars
Players capture physical and virtual 'munzees' at real-world locations. Each month, clans (player teams) battle in Clan Wars with rotating monthly requirements (capture types, regions, point totals). Levels 1-6 with reserved tiers for premium players.