Going gothic in Germany: World's largest ‘dark’ culture festival
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A participant poses in Leipzig city center
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People attend the Victorian picnic
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Visitors attend the Victorian picnic
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A participant performs
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Revellers attend the picnic
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A reveller attends the picnic
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Participants walk in costume
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A couple dress in Victorian-inspired outfits
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Participants walk through Leipzig city center
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A fanged participant smiles
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A participate poses
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Revellers attend the picnic
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Close-up of a participant
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Revellers fans themselves
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Revellers wear fanciful hairstyles
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A participant sticks out her tongue
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A masked participant attends the picnic
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A skull decorates a funeral carriage
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Participants perform at the festival
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A participant performs a the festival
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A reveller attends the picnic
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Revellers dine at the picnic
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Victorian-dressed participants attend the picnic
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A reveller aims his weapon
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A young woman wears a costume inspired by nature
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Close-up of a reveller’s rings
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A masked participant walks through the picnic
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Close-up of a reveller’s gruesome head
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The annual Wave-Gotik-Treffen (WGT) goth music festival, in Leipzig, Germany, is among the largest gothic festivals in the world, drawing approximately 20,000 enthusiasts from all over Europe from goth, cybergoth, steampunk, rivethead and punk influences. The four-day festival includes performances by 200 bands as well as cultural outings including cemetery strolls and cathedral sermons. (Getty Images)
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