World’s largest Sand Sculpture Festival closes to public on Sunday |
| News created: 2. oktober 2007 17:01 |
The fifth International Sand Sculpture Festival (FIESA), closes to the public next Sunday, in Algarve, Portugal, after four months of exhibition on 35 thousand tons of sand, sculpted in monuments and allusive scenes to the theme of this edition, “Wonders of the World”.
This year FIESA received an increase number of visitors in relation to the previous years, organization officially requested to Guiness book to be included as the largest sand sculptures event of the world, for the amount of used sand and exhibition area.
The Festival consists of an integrated group of sand sculptures that occupy an area of 15.000 m2, and the heights reaching up to twenty meters, in monuments like the Pyramids of Gizé, the Torre Eiffel and Empire State Building.
The sculptures have been constructed in one month by sixty sculptors; whom some are award winners in the world scale.The sculptures were only made with sand and water, ending for solidifying with the help of the sun.
This Festival presents a new concept to the public in every year and has caused a great impact and received about 620 thousand people from different ages and nationalities, in its five editions.
FIESA also includes different artistic activities in parallel, like sand sculpture activities for all ages, a sand stage prepared specially for happenings, musical activities, and concerts.
The closing party, on Sunday, will begin on the sand stage, from 21:00 o'clock, with Dj´s and fire juggling and fire will be set on sand sculptures in the reserved area, symbolizing the closing of this fifth edition, the demolition of the sculptures will begin Tuesday.
For more information: fiesa@prosandart.com
ProSandArt, Organização de Eventos Culturais
Morada: Areias de Pêra, caixa n.º 10-V 8365 - 201 Pêra
Tel./Fax: 282 317 084 : Tm: 969 459 259/71
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