Tuesday 18 June 2013

Battle of flowers


 Every year in June takes place in Ventimiglia the "Battle of Flowers" .


In the streets of the city passes a parade whose floats are entirely covered with flowers


During the parade,  people on the floats throw flowers to passers-by


A jury carefully observes how floats have been made


And, at the end of the parade, the most beautiful of them is awarded


Looking at the photos you can imagine how much work  to make a float!


I posted photos which are larger than usual to let you enjoy the parade


I couldn' stay until the end  and I can't tell you which one was the winner, but my favourite  float was the third one...

14 comments:

  1. Wow these are fantastic! I'm going to show my husband, he will like these pictures. Thanks for sharing.

    blue hue wonderland

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    1. those floats had bright colours and they were very photogenic!

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  2. Thanks for sharing..We have the same flowers in a parade around New Years and Thanksgiving..Lots of flower colored floats..Lots of work...

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    1. It would be great to see your floats!

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  3. I'm speechless! Amazing works of art here Dan! Thank ever so much for sharing. You must find out who won and tell us. I'm impressed with every float, but Spiderman is indeed cool.

    Sue xo

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    1. Good news, Sue: I have find out which one was the winner.
      And it was... SPIDER MAN!! ( I did not know but that was the favourite float )

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  4. Sembra una parata bella con colorata e odore. Un giorno mi piacerebbe vedere.

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    1. Local newspapers say that floats have been especially well made this year...

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  5. Gorgeous! I just can't get over the detail on the faces.

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  6. We have a similar show each year in my town Haarlem, called:
    Bloemencorso.
    Also big, big sculptures purely made of flowers. Holland is thé flower country. But I think the Italian sculptures are far more imaginative.
    Lovely photos.

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    1. It would be nice to see those sculptures. . .

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  7. This is like the Rose Bowl parade here in the states
    One of my favorite parades to watch, it is on New Years Day
    I can only imagine how fantastic these looked in real life
    Brett

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  8. Hi Brett, I would like to see some photos of Rose Bowl parade. I am sure I is great!

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