A town of snow figures will grow in Orsha

February 12, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. A town of snow figures will appear on February 13 in Orsha, Dmitry Bukhovets, the 2nd secretary of the Orsha city committee of BRSM, told a BELTA correspondent. The contest for creating snow figures, beloved by Orsha residents, will be held in the city park. 25 teams have already announced their participation in the winter fun. These are teams from schools, vocational schools, colleges, enterprises and organizations. More than 250 people are expected in total. In a specially designated area, participants will have to sculpt a figure of any fairy-tale character. As Dmitry Bukhovets shared, it is expected that the town will feature a fox and Kolobok, a mermaid and a horse, a knight, a tiger, Crocodile Gena and Cheburashka, as well as other characters beloved by children. At the same time, the originality of the works and their size will depend only on the imagination of the authors and the amount of snow they manage to collect. 2.5-3 hours are allocated for the creation of compositions. The winning teams, which will be named by a competent jury, will receive prizes. Dmitry Bukhovets also noted that in addition to the snow figure contest, various sports competitions and games will be held for the numerous participants of the holiday, creative groups of the city will perform, and mobile trade will be open. The event is organized by the city organization of BRSM, the departments for youth affairs and education of the Orsha City Executive Committee.-0-