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Sziget is really fun. I have been there almost every year at least for one day or two. Its really an event with very different programs. Not only concerts, but theatre, dance shows, intellectual presentations, fashion shows, performances, representations of organizations, cultural events, circus, gamble actually everything you can imagine. But spite of the diversity of programmes, Sziget is mostly a dusty rock-festival with 1000 of concerts, loud noise, lots of people, drink, sex and rock and roll.:)

11th August 2011, 11.8.11 was the performance of Gotan Project on the PestiEst Stage, World Music Stage. Being a fan of Gotan Project, Zannnie has been eagerly waiting for their arrival.

Her wish came true to see Gotan Project 'live'. They were a great group! Their live performance was so awesome. Lots of fans and people were dancing and swaying along with their music. The whole sea of people were cheering at the end of the 1.5hours live performance! It was fantastic!

More photos about the Sziget Festival coming soon...

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We didn't use the car to the Sziget today. We took the public trams followed by the HEV. It was crowded, so standing and looking around, most of the commuters were with the wristband heading to the Sziget also :) So it was visible when the whole big group of people alight at the same stop.


Saw this photo after uploading them, see that guy with an 'astonished' look, quite funny! :) But basically it was this packed, not too squeezy but quite a number of passengers were standing.



At first I was behind, then following this guy with the green balloon over his head. It was funny and i wanted to capture this shot to share because he tied it to his 'afro twisted' hair :) And moments later, not too far from behind I heard this 'toot toot' noise made by this vehicle that transported the ''Toshiba ladies''. These were the two young ladies we saw on DAY ONE some distance near the Main Stage, they were bra-less with just a painted body.






''As if the prospect of a week at the Sziget Festival wasn`t messy enough, Hungarian chocolate-maker Tibi is planning an extremely brown and sticky promotion at this summer`s impending orgy of music and mud. One of the four Tibi stands around the island will feature a giant tub of chocolate into which revellers will be invited to plunge before engaging in some sweet and sexy wrestling. The last fighter left standing will be showered with Tibi gifts, as well as, hopefully, actually getting showered. While we would like to imagine the Tibi tub will attract Sziget`s chocolate-loving nymphos (like the ones pictured), the chocolate wresting area is likely to be rather more popular with blind drunk Tibi`s with no more cash to spend on real food. The nightly wet-T-shirt contest on the other hand...''
Source: http://www.pestiside.hu/ - Monday, August 07, 2006


The noticeable difference was, it was really cool weather today at about 25 deg C or less. Then it started to drizzle and then rained for a short while. We saw something very interesting 'blessing in disguise' becos the port.hu stage didn't seemed to show the contemporary dance by the French lady and the Japanese guy. All we saw were people heading towards the back of the slope which was very well-lit. Behind the steep hilly slope was the acrobatic performance by a French group!

It was an uniquely and tastefully choreographed acrobatic performance, not like a circus thingy I guessed it could be becos the 'live' music/band that goes with it was very well paced that kept the entire performance so marvellous!:)

This was my first time at the SZiGET! It was a great event, fun-filled for adults in live concerts with lots of other people from all over the world.





This event draws lots of wonderful performing professionals all over the world, usually they will perform for ONE hour on the Stage. Above are the list of stages on the entire island. One of which we saw on Day ONE was Gocoo from Japan. They drew lots of crowds and it was impossible to even move nearer to the stage where this wonderful percussion group was performing! GOCOO are seven female and four male drummers who captured their audience with original grooves woven with Japanese drums, Taikos. On stage the 11 musicians from Tokyo created with almost 40 drums a music-spectacle beyond imagination. Music-wise GOCOO are one of the most sophisticated percussion groups of the present.

The cosmic beats and uniquely sophisticated poly-rhythms are of such primal nature that they reflect all known music styles and consequently unite people of all ages, ethnic and social origins and of any taste in music.




I saw it with my own eyes how GOCOO takes all audiences on a mesmerizing trip between trance and ecstasy! They are really GREAT!

A small detail I noticed was, the 'dissatisfaction' about terrorism and majority felt it begins with 'that' single person. And coincidentally performing in the night was Manu Chao who is known to be openly critical of the Bush administration in the US. I just felt that maybe the blame shouldn't be on the entire nation, afterall, one person's view doesn't represent everyone else in that nation.

p.s. By the way, Singapore's flag is not there :) well, we are too small a nation maybe. And ohh, it is our National Day on 9th August, Happy 42nd Birthday SINGAPORE!




There were funny sights here also. Other than unusual booths for couples to 'get married' where couples who met on at the Sziget can get married just for FUN where someone is 'officiating your marriage'!




On the Sziget, it's about dance, drinks, food, dance again, dance, live music, dance again and yes again! Everyone sits anywhere they find a comfortable spot with their companions and party mates at the Sziget. This was the spirit. It's very dusty and you can see everybody (white ladies with fair legs also) will have feet and toes that are dusty like these ones :-




On the Main Stage



The body painted girls (Toshiba ads on bra-less girls)


TWO shy guys and ONE bold guy reaction to the bra-less ladies:



Manu Chao performing on the Main Stage and so many people were there!!! until the side benches where the food stalls were occupied with lots of crowd dancing on the table inclusive!! I was 'pressured' to stand on the bench like this lady or else I can't even breathe :) too many tall men and women, I was too short :)


This is not me, but a lady beside me :) But of course, I was 'posing' the same way to capture these photos, 'sinking deep' into the entire SZiGET atmosphere!







TWO black outs during the performance of Manu Chao!




DAY TWO: Rainy.











You may wish to watch this compilation video of the chocolate wrestling, concerts, games for the younger ones, or simply just to have a feel of the atmosphere :) I feel this is a great video to share.
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