More than 3, 000 people dressed as Smurfs were counted over the weekend in a small town in western France, according to organizers, setting a new world record for the largest gathering of people dressed as Smurfs.
Landerneau, a town of 16 000 in the far west of Brittany, had twice attempted to challenge Lauchringen, a German town that gathered 2, 762 Smurfs in 2019, for the record twice.
However, on Saturday, the French enthusiasts finally succeeded by assembling 3, 076 people wearing white hats, outfits, faces, and singing “smurfy songs” in blue.
The Smurfs, which were created in 1958 by Belgian cartoonist Peyo and are known as “Schtroumpfs” in French, are tiny, human-like creatures that inhabit forests.
Since then, the beloved characters have been a global franchise, producing movies, television shows, advertisements, video games, theme parks, and toys.
“A friend of mine encouraged me to join, and I thought, “Why not?” 82-year-old Simone Pronost posed as a Smurfette.
A 20-year-old student named Albane Delariviere traveled more than 200 kilometers (125 miles) from Rennes to join the festivities.
We thought Landerneau would benefit greatly from this, she said.
The event “brings people together and gives them something else to think about than the times we’re living in,” said Landerneau’s mayor, Patrick Leclerc, who was also dressed in full Smurf.
The gathering’s organizers, Pascal Soun, said the event “allows people to have fun and enter an imaginary world for a few hours.”
Source: Aljazeera
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