Sand festival
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Sand festivals or festivals of sand sculpture are exhibitions of sculptures made of sand carried out in various places around the world. These events usually include a competition.
Traditional sand sculptures are sandcastles. However, at sand festivals one may see virtually any kinds of sculptures you would expect to see in stone, bronze or wood.
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[edit] Canada
- Lac Beauchamp Park
- Harrison Hot Springs, British Columbia holds World Championships of sand sculpture,
[edit] Germany
Germany conducts regular sand festivals in:
- Berlin (SANDSATION). The one in July 2005 was called SANDSATION 2005.
- Travemünde (Sand World)
[edit] India
Indian sand artist Sudarshan Patnaik created a sculpture in memory of the victims of the tsunami disaster in Puri, south of the capital of the Indian state of Orissa, Bhubaneshwar. The determination of this man, support, and a consorted effort from his friends in Puri, culminated in the formation of the Golden Sand Art Institute 1995. The institute is an open-air institute with no boundaries and limitations. It is located on the seashore that spans between Hotel May Fair Beach Resort and the Panthanivas in Puri.
[edit] Japan
[edit] Netherlands
[edit] Russia
International festivals of sand sculptures (фестиваль песчаной скульптуры) are organized in Russia.
Since 2001 an event has been held in St. Petersburg in the Peter and Paul Fortress. Fourteen teams from ten countries participated at the first one.
In 2002 an international festival was held in Anapa.
On September 1, 2005 the event was held in the Moscow Zoo with the participation of artists from Russia, Sweden, Latvia, Finland and Ukraine. The motto was "Animal World".
