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]]>It was in 2006 that the first straw sculpture was created and exhibited, and in 2008, the city of Niigata decided to make it an annual event. Entitled the “Wara Art Matsuri Festival”, this fair celebrating the rice harvest is a really unique event (“wara” meaning rice straw in Japanese). Student Amy Goda was the one who imagined these giant sculptures, including dinosaurs, made from rice straw.
This year, visitors were able to admire new giant creations such as a mammoth, a monkey or a snow tiger.
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]]>The post The Straw Sculptures of Wara Art Festival appeared first on MobiSpirit.
]]>It was in 2006 that the first straw sculpture was created and exhibited, and in 2008, the city of Niigata decided to make it an annual event. Entitled the “Wara Art Matsuri Festival”, this fair celebrating the rice harvest is a really unique event (“wara” meaning rice straw in Japanese). Student Amy Goda was the one who imagined these giant sculptures, including dinosaurs, made from rice straw.
This year, visitors were able to admire new giant creations such as a mammoth, a monkey or a snow tiger.
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