Buenos Aires’ 3,000 Person Pillow Fight

Flash-mob pillow fights have reached Buenos Aires.  A recent pillow
fight took place at the square of the Planetario (Planetarium) on November 18th.
Little by little the fighters arrived with pillows in their hands. They craftily
lay on the grass, as if they were just relaxing of what was about to tire them
out. Meanwhile, ambulances, fire engines, cops and the press arrived as if a real battle was about to begin.

A few minutes after 5 p.m., one
thousand individuals who had gathered at the square couldn’t wait for the order
given by the megaphone guy and started fighting with their pillows.

Let’s check those who, for some special reason, were the centre of
attention: the one in a horse costume, the one dressed like a bride, and the one
with a fluorescent t-shirt were “attacked” heavily. “Attack the one in a horse
costume!” exclaimed some leader as if he were William Wallace. And everybody
went to catch that character.

Then, someone left without a target had the brilliant idea
of shouting “To the press!” And all the pillow bearers hit reporters, cameramen
and photographers. Minute after minute the attendance was bigger and bigger. It
was 6:30 p.m. in Buenos Aires and there were more than 3,000 persons fighting.
It seemed it would never end. Suddenly, in order to put an end to the meeting,
everybody celebrated throwing the pillows into the air. But some seconds later,
it started over and it was wild.

Marina Ponzi, a
student of social communication, organized the event. You can find more exclusive pictures of the Pillow Fight on
the Flickr pages of The Uncoolhunter. Videos of the Buenos Aires pillow fight here www.youtube.com/theuncoolhunter

Contributed by Hernando Gómez Salinas