Villagers vote to keep ‘Smurf Village’ blue
December 20th, 2011 - 1:44 am ICT by Aishwarya BhattMadrid, Dec 19 (THAINDIAN NEWS) After a surge in popularity and tourism, villagers at the Spanish village where the movie “Smurf Village” was filmed has decided to keep the color. The producers planned to repaint the houses after the film but in an extraordinary move, the citizens voted to keep the houses painted blue.
Almost the entire villagers agreed to keep the town blue after tourism moved from 300 people every year to over 80,000 people. The village currently provides guided tour to those who come visiting the place.
To turn the village to the right setting, about a dozen painters were tasked to paint all the houses in the village blue. About 1,000 gallons were used to transform the village. The painting was not spared on anything with Churches and gravestones all being turned blue. The mayor of the village is in full support of the turn of events that the Sony movie has brought to the village.
Mayor David Fernandez said that, “It has given a boost to the local economy, it has increased our happiness, our dreams and our levels of employment. Thanks to being painted blue we are known throughout the world.”
Because of the sudden surge in the inhabitants of the village, police have been tasked to keep security.
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