The Bar Kochba beach in Ashkelon became a festive sculpture gallery this week, when world-leading sand sculptors arrived in the southern city and started working on their pieces for the first ever Ashkelon International Sand Sculpture Festival.

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Sculptures include Gulliver, Moana, Little Mermaid, the Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin and several other classic mythical characters, and are made of hundreds of tons of sand.

The Frozen statue (Photo: EPA)

Little Red Riding Hood (Photo: EPA)

Aladdin (Photo: EPA)

The Beauty and the Beast (Photo: EPA)

Ashkelon International Sand Sculpture Festival (Photo: EPA)

The Little Mermaid (Photo: EPA)

Gulliver's Travels (Photo: EPA)