Buddy Bears

These famous bears traveling around the globe since 2002, that's when they were first exhibited in Berlin. They number more than 140 pieces, each of which is 2 meters high. According to the organizers, bears, standing next to each other, call for friendship between different peoples and different cultures and religions.






All bears are standing with their feet, "hand in hand»





"Commonwealth Buddy bears" traveling the world for the eleventh year.



Bears have participated in dozens of exhibitions, we visited five continents and show off in front of 30 million viewers



Each of the 150 countries bear decorated to your liking. It is Poland.



Although the site looks like a teddy bear polish. There is nothing strange - a project to help children in distress. Sculptures regularly participate in charity auctions and new bears alternate purchased.



They collected more than two million euros and now there are many parks, hotels and museums around the world.



All bears are decorated in completely different styles. From Belarusian children kalyaki-Malaki ...







and ideologically tuned like Barbados works ...



to very complex ...



and too conceptual. So much so that even the explanation is written: «The interpretation is going to follow soon ...». This is Canada.







Find your bear and be photographed with him - the duty of every citizen!









Each time the bears are arranged in a different order - according to the alphabetical order of the country which have arrived. In Jerusalem, the Israeli bear standing next to Iran, and in Seoul were together North and South Korea.



In our country bears visited twice. In Yekaterinburg and St. Petersburg.



The last Czech bull horns broken off.





Excellent and concise bear the Netherlands



Syria



Cuba, of course!



Venezuela



Salvador



"But where, where is our Russian bear?" - You exclaim. I left him on the sweet. But you have a chance to think, what would you painted it.



Moldova is good! With irony and humor









Tadaaam! Khokhloma! SUDDENLY! But do not blame the artist for banality



Nine years before 2010, our symbol traveled to countries such - feisty babischa in sandals and a gold ring with a snout. The birthplace of the author so offended - Raisa Khalilov unknown.



Let's better look like the familiar chair in kindergarten.





Source: ottenki-serogo.livejournal.com