Adults Wildest Hello Kitty Dreams Comes to Reality

“Are you guys ready?”

Oh won't you stay for awhile? I'll take you on a ride if you can keep a secret?

On March 2016, the sky was gray and blue at Miami’s Ultra Music Festival.

Tiësto was live on the main stage blasting one of his best known-songs, “Secrets,” while his crowd cheered and screamed.

People from different backgrounds, statuses and religion held their country’s flag up in the sky, nevertheless, they crowded together to share what they have in common: their love for EDM music.

“Is like a celebration of people from different creeds. Really coming together to celebrate what they have in common―and that is being human,” Yusuf Daza said in his Turkish accent.

Daza is currently 30 and has been attending Ultra since 2005.

Daza enjoys the Ultra scenery, as well as the vibe; he likes the music, the artist, the lineup and the people. Some of his favorite DJ’s consist of: Nick Warren & Sasha, James LaVelle and Carl Cox.

Daza jokes that his favorite hobbies are girls, but in reality his hobbies include: videos games, movies and Europe fútbol.

Daza recommends anyone to wear comfortable clothes at Ultra. “Wear fresh clothes ―is going to be hot. No high heels. No sandals ―trust me. Wear sneakers, short pants― I don’t know.”

Daza does not do anything crazy at Ultra “besides dancing― I think that’s it!”

He smiled when he remembered he once got to walk around, holding two sister’s hands, and people just looked at him like he was a master.

Plurry Kiss

“Peace. Love. Unity.” (And a hug for respect)

After those words are pronounced and the hands are still connected, the exchange of the Kandi, swap of bracelets, occurs.

“It just makes you feel connected to people― and is cool.” Alexandra Abraham said.

Abraham started practicing the Plurry Kiss, which is when people trade their “Kandi” (hand-made bracelets with colorful beads) with others. This usually occurs when people connect their right hands together and repeat the same words (peace, love and unity) to exchange one of the many Kandi’s he/she has in their hand.

Abraham is 23-years-old and this year was her first Ultra.

“Ultra is like a get-way from reality, you know, you forget things; no one thinks about political stuff. We are united for the passion of electronic dance music.”

Abraham remembers shuffling “hardcore” to one of Tiësto’s songs, when Daza spotted her and joined her.

After the song was done playing, Daza and Abraham high-fived, took a picture together and added each other into their Facebook accounts; they thought that will be the last time they saw each other.

Laid Back-Wannabe-Poser-Nerd Girl

“Welcome to a place where adults wildest hello kitty dreams come to reality,” Daniela Larez said.

Larez is a 27-year-old-multimedia-producer at Tattoos and Comics. She has a passion for sketching.

“I come up with my own comic characters and sketch almost every single day. I am currently working on my ‘Inktober’ collection!”

Larez sketches are unique and have a personality; the women portrayed in her comics are powerful, dominant and passionate.

Larez is a girl who loves to motivate people: “I am just trying to give the best to the universe.”

“Someone sneezed and Instead of saying bless you I blew them a kiss. Awkward.” Read one of her Facebook’s statuses.

Larez loves acting, animation and being photograph by her boyfriend Eric.

She dresses up as her favorite comic book characters and collaborate her own characters into her outfits.

Besides Panic! At The Disco, Larez has a current addiction for “It’s Okay” by Land Of Talk.

The No Name

Yusuf: I am Solid Snake from Metal Gear Solid 5.

Abraham: I am Princess Zelda from “The Legend of Zelda.”

Larez: I am spider-women!

This is Cosplay.

No name categorizes this group, since they are all unique in their own way. What brings them together is their passion for Cosplay.

“Cosplay is a custom play where people disguise like a video game, movie, TV show character― from pop culture,” Daza said.

Since Daza was a kid, he loved to disguise himself for Halloween. He owns a baby picture of himself dressed like Peter Pan.

Daza was living in Orlando in 2011 when he decided to attend his first con― Megacon!

He said it really changed his life in a positive way.

Megacon is coming! Megacon is coming! Megacon is coming! “That is when I really told myself― I should check it out!”

Daza says he wore regular clothes on his first con. He also recalls how amazed he was to step a foot into one of this extraordinary events. “I should have been here my whole life!” he said.

In 2012, Daza attended Florida Supercon and did his first cosplay as Batman.

“No big deal― I had to start somehow.”

At Supercon Daza made lots of friends. He said that everyone was friendly and that no matter where he went― he founded people just like him, who share the same interest, and liked modern comics.

“So here I am.”

“Oh my! (laughs) sometimes I think I am going to be the only one dressed as Lara Croft. Then I turn around― damn it!” Larez said.

Cosplay is usually for adults raging from 20-45 years old, who enjoy dressing up as their favorite character from his/her childhood.

Through a phone conversation Abraham said, “If you stop acting like a child― there is no purpose in life.”

Some of the most wildest disguises consist of Bombshell Poison Ivy, Trigon and Hello Kitty.

Daza and Larez compete for prizes, while Abraham just dress for fun.

Last year Daza dressed up as Hipster Luigi and got many compliments.

“Is satisfactory when people watch you cosplay― ‘you did that? That is amazing! Can I take a picture with you?’― How people admire you. And what you do. And see your love for cosplay.”

Daza and Larez― and many other friends― usually meet in Wynwood, a neighborhood in Miami, Florida, and talk about future Cosplays.

“I meet this guy and felt in love! We both share our love for Metal Gear (video game).” Larez said.

Through Larez and Daza’s Instagram pictures, you can really see their devotion for cosplay: they make great actors!

“She is a monster! ― She is the best!” Daza said.

“For starters, I recommend going on the Internet: Google or You Tube― and familiarized yourself with cosplay: customs, tradition, etc.,” Abraham said.

Daza says he would not recommend Cosplay to anyone, but if someone were to ask him if they should Cosplay, he will say “yes!”

Everything about cosplay is fun. “Cosplay scene is like high school for adults― we need each other,” Daza said.

Larez currently competed on a custom contest and dressed up as her favorite character: Lara Croft.

Daza decided to switch it around and recently dressed as Aquaman, King of the Atlantis, at Ultracon.

“The fact that we live and are part of this planet. And we forget our differences that separate us and cause us to be judgmental of each other. And we forget about those things― and we just really come together to celebrate life,” Abraham said.

“Cosplay is the shit!” Daza said.