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When life gives you lemons, turn them into elaborate Broadway sculptures
Did you that the humble, yellow lemon has a festival dedicated to it? Started in 1933 as a fruit show, the Lemon Festival is now an internationally renowned event, drawing around 300,000-400,000 visitors to a joyful fruity jamboree every year. (Eric Gaillard / REUTERS)
Updated on: Feb 17, 2017 8:29 AM IST
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Did you that the humble, yellow lemon has a festival dedicated to it? Started in 1933 as a fruit show, the Lemon Festival is now an internationally renowned event, drawing around 300,000-400,000 visitors to a joyful fruity jamboree every year. (Eric Gaillard / REUTERS)
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The highlight of the festival are elaborate sculpture made with lemons and oranges. This year, the sculptures are themed around the famed Broadway theatre and depict popular musical comedies, such as this sculpture dedicated to the ‘Notre-Dame de Paris’ musical. (Eric Gaillard / REUTERS)
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A sculpture made with lemons and oranges which depicts the musical comedy "Mary Poppins". The eye-catching festival takes place in Menton, France. (Eric Gaillard / REUTERS)
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A worker checks a sculpture which depicts the musical comedy "Cabaret". Up to 145 tons of citrus fruit (oranges and lemons) from Spain, 500,000 elastics for attaching the fruit to different decorations, 120 liters of paint, 15 tons of metal and hundreds of meters of metal netting to cover the steel frames will be used this year for festival. (Eric Gaillard / REUTERS)
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A sculpture dedicated to the musical comedy "An American in Paris". This is the 84th edition of the Lemon Festival, with each year increasing its popularity. (Eric Gaillard / REUTERS)
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Simba from the wildly popular movie "The Lion King" comes alive in lemons and oranges. (Eric Gaillard / REUTERS)
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A bright-hued Mary Poppins with her trusty carpet bag. (Eric Gaillard / REUTERS)
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The fruity glamour of musical comedy "Chicago" at the 84th Lemon Festival. (Eric Gaillard / REUTERS)
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