Translation. Region: Russian Federal
Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian –
Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
Vladivostok, May 4 (Xinhua) — The Leopard Day festival was held in Vladivostok, the capital of Russia’s Primorsky Krai, on Saturday. It was timed to coincide with International Leopard Day and was held as part of the Far Eastern Leopard Week campaign.
The festival started at noon on the embankment of the Sports Harbor of Vladivostok. The program included the “Leopard Run”, a creative competition of Far Eastern leopard costumes “LeoDevitsa and LeoMolodets”, master classes, an exhibition of drawings, a fair, quizzes and a concert with the participation of creative groups from Primorye. All these events attracted a large number of local residents and tourists.
More than 100 people took part in the traditional costumed “Leopard Run”. They had to run a distance of 1.5 km with a mandatory condition – the presence of leopard attributes or a costume. Before the race, the participants were offered to do face painting.
Other festival-goers bought souvenirs from local artisans, took part in a lottery, and watched performances by creative groups. Children drew leopards with crayons and answered quiz questions.
The festival was organized by the Federal State Budgetary Institution “Land of the Leopard” – the directorate of reserves and the national park of the same name, on the territory of which the main part of the world population of the Far Eastern leopard lives. –0–