A small city in western France has set a brand new world report for the most important gathering of individuals dressed as Smurfs, organisers say, with greater than 3,000 individuals counted over the weekend.
Landerneau, a city of 16,000 in Brittany’s far west, had twice beforehand tried to say the report from Lauchringen, a German city that introduced collectively 2,762 Smurfs in 2019.
However on Saturday, the French fans lastly broke via, assembling 3,076 individuals clad in blue outfits, faces painted, donning white hats and singing “smurfy songs”.
The Smurfs – created by Belgian cartoonist Peyo in 1958 and often called “Schtroumpfs” in French – are tiny, human-like beings who stay within the forest.
The beloved characters have since develop into a worldwide franchise, spawning movies, tv sequence, promoting, video video games, theme parks and toys.
“A pal inspired me to affix and I assumed: ‘Why not?’” mentioned Simone Pronost, 82, dressed as a Smurfette.
Albane Delariviere, a 20-year-old scholar, made the journey from Rennes, greater than 200km (125 miles) away, to affix the festivities.
“We thought it was a cool thought to assist Landerneau out,” she mentioned.
Landerneau’s mayor, Patrick Leclerc, additionally in full Smurf apparel, mentioned the occasion “brings individuals collectively and offers them one thing else to consider than the occasions we’re residing in”.
Pascal Soun, head of the affiliation behind the gathering, mentioned the occasion “permits individuals to have enjoyable and enter an imaginary world for a number of hours”.
Members have been relieved to have good climate, after final yr’s try was hampered by heavy rain that deterred many from attending.
