This Saturday in the capital of the Urals will host the festival "AsiaBreeze". One of the brightest moments will be battles in accordance with the rules of Saberfighting.
"Saberfighting in Russia is a new phenomenon, but despite this, only in Moscow there are already several schools teaching this art. For understanding, Saberfighting is a fencing system from "Star Wars" using a light show. This is a very fascinating sight and unusual sport, "- says the organizer of the festival Svetlana Zimina.
Also during the event it will be possible to see the attributes and characters from movies, comics and cartoons. In addition, everyone can take photos with their favorite hero, enjoy a costume parade and hold in their hands the attributes, the cost of which reaches tens of thousands of rubles.
"This will be a real exhibition dedicated to human fantasy. Fans of Japanese and American pop culture in our country are getting bigger every year. And thanks to such festivals as "AsiaBreeze" in Russia there are authors of animated films and comic books, their unusual characters and computer games.
On the day of the event, there will be an amazing costume show, in which over one hundred fictional characters will be presented, "says Svetlana Zimina, the festival's head.
Citizens will be able to see characters from Japanese anime cartoons, get acquainted with superheroes, take pictures with an evil magic magician, a mechanical vampire and other heroes. Festival guests are waiting for historical dances, theatrical skits about George Martin and Stephen King story and photo zone, recreating films and games to life.