Video: Soap bubbles - a flash mob that brings you back to childhood
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Noticing a huge crowd of people ahead, the shop assistants on Old Arbat get scared. Expecting the worst, they prepare to defend their establishments from vandalism. In vain. After all, several thousand young people peacefully walk along the street, blowing bubbles and giving passers-by a mood. This flash mob takes place in many cities around the world.
The essence of the Soap Bubbles flash mob is that at a certain moment, a group of people, unexpectedly for those around them, amicably inflates soap bubbles. Then the participants of the flash mob walk down the street, surprising passers-by with numerous soap bubbles of various sizes. And after 5 minutes, as if nothing had happened, they diverge in different directions. You don't have to buy bubbles to participate in this flash mob. On the Internet, there are many ways to prepare your own bubbles, for example, from shampoo.
In Moscow, "Soap Bubbles" have been inflating for several years in a row. In 2009, about 20 thousand people gathered on the Arbat. Flash mob is also held in other cities of Russia. In St. Petersburg, law enforcement agencies once banned a flash mob. The assembled fans of blowing bubbles were informed that the gathering of people was not sanctioned, and the participants in the flash mob should disperse.
In other countries this flash mob is called "Bubbles". In New York, on one of the central streets of the city, several thousand Americans take part in it every year.
The participants of the action rejoice like children, blowing bubbles from various pistols, special devices for blowing bubbles and even fire extinguishers. After the event, these people meet on the forums to discuss the fun they are having. Residents of other cities do not remain indifferent to violent emotions and make attempts to hold a flash mob in their city.
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