A real-life version of Netflix's insanely popular Squid Game is being held in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday (October 12) - only, this time, the games will be completely harmless.
As reported by The Independent, the non-fatal games are being organized by the Korean Cultural Center (KCC) in the United Arab Emirates.
Two teams of 15 players will compete in the five popular children's games featured in the show. According to The National News, over 300 people signed up to be selected for the games.
In the acclaimed Netflix series, 456 players sign up with their lives on the line to play the games - all in an effort to win hundreds of millions of dollars.
The games featured in the show are 'Red Light, Green Light', 'Ppopgi', 'Tug of War', 'Marbles', 'The Glass Stepping Stone Bridge', and finally, 'Squid Game'.
However, in today's games held by the KCC, only five games will be played - 'Red Light, Green Light', 'Ppopgi', 'Tug of War', 'Marbles' - with the fifth game being 'Ttakji'.
'Ttakji' is the game the character Seong Gi-hun is seen playing in the train station in the first episode of the show, in which players must use their paper tiles to hit and flip over their opponent's tiles.
The Independent reports that the staff at the games will also dress in pink jumpsuits like the ones the guards are seen wearing in the show and the players will wear uniforms featuring the Squid Game logo.
In a statement, the KCC said: "The games seemed a bit brutal in the series to maximize the dramatic element, however, actually all the games in the series are popular games played by Korean children from the past to the present. KCC would like the people in the UAE to learn more about Korean culture by participating in the event."
Speaking of the exciting event, Nam Chan-woo, director of Korean Cultural Centre, explained: "Amid the global popularity of Squid Game, we have prepared this event to experience Korean play culture with many people in the United Arab Emirates.
"Just as K-pop has gained its worldwide popularity through YouTube in the 2010s, I think Netflix will be a channel for the global spread of Korean video content such as dramas and movies."
And if you're a fan of Squid Game, click here to see what the show's director had to say about Gi-hun dying his hair red at the end of the series.