Purim Adloyada parade celebrates 25th anniversary

Viva Sarah Press

US President Trump, The Beatles, Pippi Longstocking, Olaf and Elsa, Wonder Woman and Mary Poppins are all taking part in the Holon extravaganza.

Holon Adloyada Purim Parade. Photo by Roni Schutzer/FLASH90

As floats of The Beatles, Pippi Longstocking, Olaf and Donald Trump-as-Gulliver wheel down the streets of Holon in this year’s annual Purim Adloyada parade, parade designer Zipi Ifat and creative and development designer Arik Lefler will be looking on like proud parents.

Ifat and Lefler are two of the more than 200 people who work on putting together the annual holiday parade.

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the national Adloyada Purim Parade in Holon, the country’s central event. The parade will take place on Sunday, March 12, 2017, under the theme “Heroes of our Childhood and Youth.”

Olaf, a character from “Frozen,” will feature in the 2017 Holon Adloyada parade. Photo taken in a Holon warehouse where he was being built. Photo by Viva Sarah Press

“I’m very happy to see that this parade is celebrating 25 years. When I started 25 years ago, Israel didn’t have such a thing. Today, it is a part of the culture of Israel,” Ifat, the national parade’s designer for 23 years, tells ISRAEL21c, at the Holon studio where the floats are being built weeks before the big event. “At the parade, I feel very happy. And as soon as it’s over, I begin to think about next year.”

Touch-ups on The Beatles, February 2017. Photo by Viva Sarah Press

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