Sculpture Festival of sand in Kazakhstan

11 artists-sculptors from Russia and Ukraine have gathered to demonstrate their skills at the festival of sand sculptures "Sandy fancy" in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Viewers will present 14 sculptures, among which are: minions, transformer, King Kong, characters from "Ice Age", "Avatar," "Star Wars," "Game of Thrones" and many others. The most large-scale sculpture of the festival will be a sand castle Neuschwanstein, whose height is 7 meters. To create all this splendor took more than 1,500 tons of sand, over 100 Kamaz trucks. Sculptures coated with a mixture of glue and water, which would protect them from the rain and wind. The festival starts on April 23 sand heroes stand for at least six weeks.