We're going to need a bigger bucket

Chúc mừng Lễ phục sinh cho những người đầy thiện tâm ...         Mời quý dộc zã dến "tham quan" các tác fẫm nghệ thuật diêu khắc trên "cát ướt dễ khô"  (cưđk) với chũ dề Hollywood.   Chuyến ni gồm kó hơn 20 nghệ sĩ hạng nhất từ 9 quốc za dến thi thố tài năng sáng tác các nghệ thuật trên cưđk.   Những nhân vật thực sự hay zã tưỡng kũa Hollywood như: Alfred Hitchcock, Batman, Yoda and Pirates of the Caribbean’s Lord of the Rings villain Gollum, Batman & The Incredible Hulk, Marylin Monroe, etc ..dều dược trình bày ...& kòn nhiều nữa, kễ không hết được.    <<<>>>     We're going to need a bigger bucket and spade! Amazing Hollywood themed sand sculptures crafted for annual beach festival By Sara Malm PUBLISHED: 18:31 GMT, 26 March 2013 | UPDATED: 20:54 GMT, 26 March 2013   The weather may not be what you call beach friendly, but that is not stopping a horde of Hollywood stars from invading the shores of Weston-super-Mare. With legends such as King Kong, Alfred Hitchcock and Scarface all scrambling for the best spot on the seaside, it is set to be the most densely celebrity-populated beach on the Bristol Channel coast.    Batman, Yoda and Pirates of the Caribbean’s Jack Sparrow have all come together for the annual Sand Sculpture Festival gracing the beach at Weston-super-Mare in Somerset – or at least their sandy clones have.   King of the beach: The mighty King Kong wears a disapproving glare as he towers over the beach at Weston-Super-Mare where sculptors are working hard to finish their handiwork before the weekend My precioussss: Sand sculptor Radavan Zivny works on a spitting image of Lord of the Rings villain Gollum, in line with this year's Hollywood theme Super sculptures: Batman and The Incredible Hulk flex their muscles on the beach trying to impress the Hollywood totty, such as Marylin Monroe, surrounding them Sand sculptors are working hard to finish their creations on the beach, all following this year’s Hollywood theme. Other idols featuring in the annual festival include Gollum from Lord of the Rings, the characters from Harry Potter (including the Hogwarts castle) and children’s favourites from Toy Story and Ice Age. Since the festival started in 2006, themes have included Fairy Tales, The Continents of the World, Under the Ocean, Great Britain, and The Jungle. What began with two Dutch sand sculptors building a giant King Kong from 30 tonnes of sand has now turned into a world famous get-together of some of the niftiest hands in sand sculpting. More than 20 of the world's greatest sculptors from nine different countries are working away using 4,000 tonnes of sand from the beach. The festival opens to the public on Good Friday and will stay open until the end of September. Sands of time: Sculptors are hard at work bringing Hollywood's finest to life on the chilly beach at Weston-super-Mare creating life like portraits of Batman and the Hulk, left, the stars of Toy Story, centre, and Sid the sloth from Ice Age, far right   Pirates of the Bristol Channel: Jack Sparrow gets a menacing glare Davy Jones in a Pirates of the Caribbean-themes sand piece for the annual Sand Sculpture Festival   Old and new school: Sculptures from the latest Hollywood blockbusters, such as Life of Pi, left, is sharing the beach with classics such as Jurassic Park Just potting around: Characters from Harry Potter, including Hermione Granger, far left, Dobby and Lord Voldemort get a final polishing behind the fence keeping nosy neighbours out until the grand unveiling on Good Friday Castles out of sand: Dutch sculptor, Joris Kivits, puts the finishing touches to his sand sculpture of the Hogwarts castle Stare of Smeagol: Gollum is nearly ready for the festival's opening this weekend where organisers hope visitors will not be deterred by the freezing Easter weather Coming alive: The characters from Pixar's Toy Story are popping out of their box, all ready for the festival this Easter weekend The master: Alfred Hitchcock is portrayed with one of his 'birds' on the beach in Weston-super-Mare On-screen legends: Hollywood legendary gangster king Scarface sits by his desk next to boxing star Rocky beating Apollo Creed Beach of beasts: Characters from Jurassic Park are nearly ready to join their fellow film stars for this year's Hollywood themed Sand Sculpture festival

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The little boy with the big cat

 

The little boy with the big cat: Heartwarming photos show life behind the scenes at Australia's biggest animal circus

• Three-year-old Braxton West-Smith is the latest member of Stardust Circus
• The trainee lion tamer travels across Australia with his family and animals
• But there are increasing calls in the country to ban animal acts in circuses

By Damien Gayle

PUBLISHED: 12:35 GMT, 28 March 2013 | UPDATED: 12:50 GMT, 28 March 2013

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Some children have a little pet cat - but Braxton West-Smith has a little big cat to play with.

The three-year-old trainee lion tamer is of the latest generation to join Australia's family-run Stardust Circus.

His best furry friend is an African lion cub called Zimbi, who will one day take his place under the lights of the big top too.

I like milk too! Zimbi the lion cub peers into Braxton West-Smith's cereal bowl as they have breakfast with Pesaus West in their mobile home. The young trio are part of the family-run Stardust Circus in Australia, which is the country's biggest animal circus, featuring lions, monkeys, horses and miniature trick ponies

I only wanted a lick: Zimbi appears to peer forlornly at his reflection in the shiny table top. Stardust insist they use only the most humane methods to train their animals

Have YOU got anything for me? Zimbi looks ready to leap right from the frame as he clambers towards the photographer

There's my breakfast! Zimbi chows down while Braxton makes a claw gesture in the background

Stardust is Australia's largest animal circus, in an era where the use of animals in such spectacles is increasingly under scrutiny.

Travelling across the vast country, from outback towns to coastal cities, they carry with them performing animals including lions, monkeys, horses and miniature trick ponies.

They insist they only use the most humane techniques to train their beasts.

 

'Our animals have been trained with the reward method, and are treated as part of this large family,' says the Stardust website.

As these pictures show, baby animals are treated little different from baby humans by the family-run circus.

Zimbi shares breakfast and playtime with his young human handlers, they train together and, at the end of a long, tiring day, he has his own - rather scratched - armchair to relax in.

Playtime: Braxton and Zimbi train together. But the boy says he wants to train goats - not lions - when he's old enough to join his mother and father in the circus

This is how you do it: Fearless Pesaus feeds Zimbi a chunk of meat from her hand

But how long such an existence will continue is uncertain, as opposition to animals in circuses grows in Australia.

Thirty animal activists turned up to a performance of Stardust Circus in Dingley Village, Victoria, just three days ago, and the popularity of groups in the country which opposes animal acts seems to be on the rise.

Rules about circuses vary from state to state, with most requiring owners to apply for permission to exhibit their animals.

Get that cat a scratching post! Opposition to animals in circuses is growing in Australia and just days ago Stardust faced protests as its performers put on a show in a town in Victoria. Thirty animal activists turned up to a performance of Stardust Circus in Dingley Village

Nevertheless, an activist speaking on an Australian animal rights forum about a visit to Stardust Circus found little evidence that their creatures were being mistreated.

Rana Hales of the Caroline Springs Animal Welfare Network said the owner Janice Lennon was more than happy to show her and a fellow activist around their camp site.

'On seeing the animals, they all appeared to be well fed and watered,' she said in the 2009 forum post, before going into details about the manner in which the creatures were kept.

Little savage: Nevertheless, an activist speaking on an Australian animal rights forum about a visit to Stardust found little evidence their creatures were being mistreated

But little Braxton isn't thinking about the possible future legal environment surrounding his family trade - he just wants to follow in the footsteps of his forebears.

'When I grow up, I think I'll train the goats,' he said. 'I want to be just like dad.'

Braxton's father trains most of the animals at Stardust Circus. His mother performs with the ponies, and also on the trapeze.

 

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