Nantes, the home town of Jules Verne, is situated in western France. Here, near the river Loire a giant deep-sea diver sleeps gently, waiting for his task to begin. Sadness marks his face even as he sleeps. He has been searching the world over for his missing niece and although he may not know it, the end of his search is coming. The diver or scaphandrier as he is known in French will be paraded through the streets of this historic city at the beginning of the Estuary 2009 arts festival. The biannual festival gives the French mechanical marionette street theater company Royale de Luxe the opportunity to unveil their latest creation.
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His helmet is being placed on his head by human workers.
The giant is now equipped in his deep sea diving gear.
From a distacne he looks small but its not like that, he is huge.
The mechanics behind this piece of street art are staggering and more than a little scary.
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