Chester Giants

 

Chester Giants

At Chester the Giant City, they encourage people to get together and build a Giant in time for the 'Big Giant Parade' that takes place in Chester as part of the summer's Chestival events. The aim for the Parade for the the Queens Jubilee was the bring together at least 60 community Queen Elizabeth II Giants and 6,000 people from across Cheshire and Warrington. They wanted to create the most amazing, diverse and olourful Jubilee celebrations in the whole of the UK. They want national and international media to capture all of our hard work and send it around the world as an example of something that is really spectacular. The garment we are creating does not have to be an exact copy of one of the queens outfits,but should embody some aspects of our own community

 

 



 

 

After looking at the giants I have been doing more research into puppetry and I have become very interested. One thing that has caught my eye is The Giant Puppet in Liverpool.

 

Three giant puppets have taken to the streets of Liverpool to play out a weekend-long street theatre production inspired by the Titanic. A 30ft (9m) wooden puppet of a little girl "woke up" in Stanley Park before walking through the north of the city with her dog, papier mache puppet Xolo. A 50ft (15m) puppet of her uncle later emerged from Salthouse Dock and set off through the city centre.

 

It has been created by Nantes-based French company Royal de Luxe as part of Liverpool commemorations for the recent 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic.

It was inspired by a letter written by a young girl to her father, who was a steward on the Liverpool-registered liner.

The event will show the girl, called Little Girl Giant, walking around Liverpool on a quest to learn news of her father. Spectators saw her uncle - clad in a deep sea diving costume - emerge from Salthouse Dock with letters from the Titanic.

Little Girl Giant and her dog were "woken" by young musicians from Liverpool Philharmonic's In Harmony project at the start of the event at about 09:40 BST.

They moved through the city, coming to rest at Everton Brow at 12:30 BST.

They set off again at 16:30 BST, walking down Lime Street and through Liverpool One arriving at the Echo Arena on the waterfront at 19:30 BST, before going to "sleep" at the Kings Dock at 20:00 BST.

Thousands watched as the girl's uncle made his way past Liverpool waterfront and headed on a three-mile journey to Stanley Park in the Anfield area of the city.

 

 

The Puppet show is not only for liverpool but it is shown all over the world in places like vietnam.

 

"Some roads were not big enough for the giants, so we have had to be strategic about where to go.''

 

"Two hours of walking with giants is really physical work."

 

"To work with such a world-renowned company as Royal de Luxe is a real coup for Liverpool and it's wonderful we can mark this important anniversary with an unforgettable event."

 

Another celebration i have found is the Mexico's Day of the Dead.

It is held 1st and 2nd of november. But this is not a sad celebration, The holiday focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died. It is particularly celebrated in Mexico, where it is a national holiday, and all banks are closed.

 

 

 

 

celebrants honor those who have passed away by visiting graves or building altars and decorating them with flowers, skulls, and the departed's favorite items. The souls of the dead are lured back for a visit not only with prayer but also with tequila, candy, storytelling, and parades.

 

When Jim Hammond came off the road after six years of touring with The Lion King as its puppetmaster, he settled in Fort Lauderdale, where he founded the Puppet Network and, not long afterward, got to work on making Day of the Dead a signature event.