This weekend was Purim and if you live in Israel then you know that Purim is one of the craziest holidays of the year (and especially in Tel Aviv). The streets are packed with party-goers, costumed and ready to cause a ruckus. I took advantage of the Purim craze by taking tons of pictures and getting a little creative with my costume. I attended the annual Purim Zombie Walk, an adorable Purim Parade at the Bialik-Rogozin School, and had some fun putting together my costume (Where’s Waldo). Read on to find out more, and check out pics and video from Purim 2011. Woo!
On Thursday night I headed to Rothchild Blvd. in Tel Aviv to check out the Annual Purim Zombie walk. There were all sorts of creative costumes there, including a group of friends dressed as Angry Birds and, of course, tons of Zombies. You can view all my Purim Pictures in my Purim 2011 set on Flickr.
The Zombie Walk was fun, but definitely one of my coolest Purim experiences this year (and maybe one of my coolest experiences of all time) was the Purim Parade at the Bialik-Rogozin School in Tel Aviv (the school featured in the Academy Award-winning short documentary, ‘Strangers No More’). The Bialik-Rogozin school is one of the most diverse schools in Israel, attended by the children of many immigrant workers. It was amazing to see all these kids together, walking through the streets in some of the most adorable costumes you’ve ever seen. I put some of my pictures together into an Animoto slideshow, which you can view below. You can also check out all the pictures in my Purim Parade 2011 set on Flickr.
Finally, I decided to get creative at the last minute with my Purim Costume. I didn’t have anything in mind, but on Thursday night at the Zombie walk I found some really fun glasses for 10NIS at a kiosk. They were the perfect Waldo glasses, so I decided to be Where’s Waldo. I couldn’t find a great Waldo hat so I bought a white beanie and some red yarn and got to work. I made a big red pom pom for the top of the hat and knitted a red stripe for the bottom. I’m pretty pleased with the way it turned out. I also learned that Waldo is popular amongst kids all over the world, but he isn’t always called Waldo! Here in Israel he’s called ‘Eifo Efie’ (as I heard many people shout out to me on the streets), in France he’s called Charlie, and he’s also called Wally, Walter, Hetti, Hugo and Valli in different parts of the world.
Did you celebrate Purim this year? What did you go as? If not, what’s the best costume you’ve ever seen?
