The costumes took months to design and prepare. The stilts took a bit of getting used to. And the mimicking of bird actions was not the easiest skill for a human to master.
But it all paid off when a flock of fanciful stilt-walking birds and puppets led the procession that officially launched the inaugural 麻豆传媒映画International Bird Festival.
You can read about the opening ceremonies .
In the meantime, here are some photos of the grand 鈥� in the truest sense of the word 鈥� launch of the bird festival, which coincides with the International Ornithological Congress, a once-in-four-years that 麻豆传媒映画is for the first and last time.
For fear of misidentifying some of the birds, the avian names of some of the participants have not been included.
