Sand festival

The determination of this man, support, and a consorted effort from his friends in Puri, culminated in the formation of the Golden Sand Art Institute 1995.

It is a three-day art festival held in December on the weekend before Christmas with different themes to highlight a particular issue.

[8][9] In 2012 on 9 September, the 2nd Sand Castle Building Contest was held where around 250-300 participants including families, kids, students & foreigners joined it.

International festivals of sand sculptures (фестиваль песчаной скульптуры) are organized in Russia.

On September 1, 2005 the event was held in the Moscow Zoo with the participation of artists from Russia, Sweden, Latvia, Finland and Ukraine.

Many of them like Sand Castle Days on South Padre Island, Texas or The American Championships on Fort Myers Beach, Florida have been around since the late 1980s.