Get ready for the crabwalk: Chinese city hosts fashion show for crustaceans - and presents them with drones
- Participants presented dressed-up mitten crabs at an annual contest in Huai'an, China, on October 11
- The contest is part of the Hongze Lake harvest festival to celebrate harvest of the seasonal delicacy
- Donning sequins, bows and ribbon, the crustaceans were flown into the fashion show by drones
For humans, there are Paris and London fashion weeks; and now for crabs, they can strut their stuff in front of an audience as part of a runway show in China.
Participants decorated mitten crabs as part of a 'crab fashion show' today in Huai'an city, eastern China's Jiangsu province.
Photos from the contest show crustaceans in colourful 'outfits' as they are flown in by drones.
What a pretty crab! A woman holds a crab decorated in a floral design which is added by paint in Huai'an city, China
Full of colour: A man is adjusting the ribbon tied on the legs of the mitten crab decorated with a mini Cantonese opera crown
Two mitten crabs decorated as newly-weds are carried by drones for better presentation at the contest, part of the annual event named Hongze Lake harvest festival
The local government holds the crab decoration contest every year to celebrate the harvest.
The contest makes up part of the Hongze Lake harvest festival.
Participants are required to dress up and present the mitten crabs at the competition, reports state news agency Xinhua.
Pictures show the animals decorated with tiaras and bows with two crabs dressed up as a bride and groom.
In one picture, a man can be seen with his crab dressed as a fisherman.
The fashion show comes amid the Hongze Lake hairy crab season which falls in September and October. Hairy crabs are an autumn delicacy in eastern China's Yangtze River Delta region.
Hongze county produces around 6,000 tonnes of mitten crabs every year, according to the local government website.
This year, the productivity of the mitten crabs Hongze lake reportedly suffered a drop, leading a rise in crab price.
A crab decorated with a silver bowtie is accompanied by the Japanese cartoon character of Totoro
Sparkly and shiny! A young girl holds two crabs covered in sequins and bows at the crab decorating contest
A woman (left) in a traditional Chinese outfit matches her mitten crab while a man (right) matches his mitten crab
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