Indian man threatens to set himself on fire over Valencia parade float VALENCIA, Spain, March 20 (UPI) -- An Indian man threatened to set himself on fire to protest the burning of a parade float in Valencia that originally featured Hindu imagery, officials said. Community groups build extravagant floats for Valencia's world-famous Las Fallas Festival, The Local.es reported. The floats are then part of a parade before being burned during a bonfire on March 19. This year, the Ceramista Ros-Jose Maria Mortes Lerma group became the center of controversy over its decision to include Hindu gods on their float, The Local.es said. Two local Hindu groups wrote to authorities and said that burning the float would be an act of sacrilege that "would lead to 800 million angry Hindus." But the two groups met with the organizing committee Tuesday and agreed to go ahead with the burning of the float. While the float was being dismantled Tuesday, the Indian man covered himself in gasoline and threatened to set himself on fire, The Local.se said. Police detained the man.