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The International Festival World Fairy Tale Games
The Games are funny sport competitions of Russian and foreign fairy tale characters in seven fairy-tale sports.
The motto of the Games is "Let's be friends by fairy tales!"
During the festival charity activities in welfare institutions for children in the city of Kirov and in Kirov region are organized.
In 2014 participation of over 30 fairy-tale characters from six foreign countries and 20 cities of Russia is expected. Spectators will be involved in all kinds of activities of the festival, it is expected that there will be over 25 thousand spectators.
The festival audience represents families with children, school children, students, people who believe in miracles and that wonders could be created with their own hands.
Vyatka region is the place where childhood and youth years of Russian painters V.M. and A.M. Vasnetsov were spent, their paintings have glorified Russian fairy tales and the history of Russia.
The city of Kirov (ex. Vyatka) is the birthplace of Russian writer Alexander Grin, the author of the famous extravaganza "Scarlet Sails", the book that praises romance, love, loyalty and faith in miracles at its pages.