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The 9th Afisha Picnic festival was held in Kolomenskoye Park in late July 2012. It is an annual festival organized by Afisha magazine.
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The Picnic is one of the favourite summer events of the Moscow party-goers and the tourists.
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This year 35,000 people confirmed their participation in the event on the Foursquare site, though the actual quantity of Picnic's guests was much more impressive.
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The festival's organisers have taken care of all the visitors.
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There was an amusement for tots...
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...as well as for older visitors of the festival. They had no reason to be bored during The Drums band's show.
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Some of the guests spent time outdoors...
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...others took part in cart races at the market place.
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Many Moscow showrooms took part in the fashion fair that was an excellent chance to make themselves known.
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For young and chic Moscow hipsters Afisha Picnic is a chance to pick a new extra-stylish look.
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Once the right apparel is chosen, it is time to rush towards the stage. Music is also an important (the most important for some of the guests) part of the event.
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Even downpours did not stop the music lovers.
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Most of the Picnic visitors came to see foreign bands who seldom risk to go on tours in Russia.
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Americans Mos Def, Lauryn Hill and The Drums; Little Boots and Pet Shop Boys from Great Britain, and of course the Scottish band Franz Ferdinand made the Russian public twist and shout.
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A musician from a young Russian indie group draped himself in a Union Jack as a tribute to Franz Ferdinand.
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Among the audience there were those who came specially to hear the music of Russian bands.
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There was a chance to dance listening to the beats of the hip-hop band NRKTK, to delight in the instrumental music of The Red Banner Division Named After my Grandma band and to appreciate the philosophic sense of the Aquarium band's lyrics.
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The musicians participated in the Picnic activities as well as other guests. For example The Red Banner Division Named After My Grandma band hurried to listen to Mika from the UK just after their own concert.
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Musicians of NRKTK band remarked that in addition to Russian music the authentic orthodox churches of Kolomenskoye park strengthened "national" flavour of the event.
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The young man (on the photo) considers Afisha Picnic to be the best event of that kind in Russia. This and other remarks have been outspoken in all the Russian social networks.
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Yuri Saprykin (on the photo) was one of the Picnic's founders.
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