Los Angeles was one of many cities to host International Pillow Fight Day on Saturday. Other cities included New York, Washington, D.C. and Boston.
The event was held in Pershing Square, in the downtown area of Los Angeles. The event is just like it sounds. It is an organized event for people to show up, pillow in hand, and have a giant pillow fight in a public area for fun.
The event is part of the Urban Playground Movement, which is a collective of groups all over the world that organize "free, fun, all ages, non-commercial public events."
Previous events they've hosted include a massive mobile clubbing event in a London train station, a giant pillow fight near the Eiffel Tower in Paris and a subway party under the streets of Toronto. They consider themselves a "playful part of the larger public space movement."
"One of our goals is to make these unique happenings in public space become a significant part of popular culture, partially replacing passive, non-social, branded consumption experiences like watching television, and consciously rejecting the blight on our cities caused by the endless creep of advertising into public space," the group writes on its web site.
"The result, we hope, will be a global community of participants, not consumers, in a world where people are constantly organizing and attending these happenings in every major city in the world."
The group includes detailed instructions of how to host a pillow fight in your city, including help suggestions such as "never ask permission" and advice on when and where to hold the event. They recommend the largest public square in the city and advise against using parks, as they are boring and risks hurting the park through littering.
The organizers are mindful of problems, advising people not to advertise with flyers, as well as rules to include in the information for the public to prevent and discourage violence, such as "soft pillows only," and "do not swing at people without pillows or with cameras."
The pillow fights are meant to be fun and entertaining, and they are usually held on Saturday afternoons, when families are encouraged to attend. Bubble toys are also encouraged.
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