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<b>PHOTOS:</b> Wave Gotik music and art festival

Visitors walk through the Suedfriedhof cemetery.

Visitors walk through the Suedfriedhof cemetery.  (John MacDougall, AFP/Getty Images)

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About 20,000 visitors from around the world were expected at the Wave Gotik music festival in Leipzig, Germany. It ran from June 9-13, 2011, and is one of the biggest gatherings of Goth scene followers in Europe. Many wear elaborate outfits and make-up that require hours of preparation and depart from the traditional black of the Goth scene. Punk remains a strong influence, but newer trends such as Cybergoth and Steampunk have emerged that blend bold colors, Victorian fashion elegance and 19th and 20th century factory accessories. The festival included performances by around 200 bands.

In the cemetery

Visitors walk through the Suedfriedhof cemetery in Leipzig.  (John MacDougall, AFP/Getty Images)

With stroller

Visitors push a stroller in downtown Leipzig.  (John MacDougall, AFP/Getty Images)

Posing

A visitor poses for a photograph in downtown Leipzig.  (John MacDougall, AFP/Getty Images)

At cemetery

A visitor goes to the Suedfriedhof cemetery.  (John MacDougall, AFP/Getty Images)

At cemetery

Visitors stop by the Suedfriedhof cemetery.  (John MacDougall, AFP/Getty Images)

At cemetery

Visitors go to the Suedfriedhof cemetery.  (John MacDougall, AFP/Getty Images)

Women at cemetery

Visitors go to the Suedfriedhof cemetery.  (John MacDougall, AFP/Getty Images)

Sitting in cemetery

Visitors sit in the grass in the Suedfriedhof cemetery.  (John MacDougall, AFP/Getty Images)

On the grass

A visitor sits in the grass in the Suedfriedhof cemetery.  (John MacDougall, AFP/Getty Images)

By tomb

A visitor poses near a tomb in the Suedfriedhof cemetery.  (John MacDougall, AFP/Getty Images)

In white

A visitor poses fin downtown Leipzig.  (John MacDougall, AFP/Getty Images)

Posing

Visitors pose.  (John MacDougall, AFP/Getty Images)

Mohawk

A visitor wears a spiked up mohawk.  (John MacDougall, AFP/Getty Images)

Boots

Boots worn by visitors.  (John MacDougall, AFP/Getty Images)

Posing

Visitors pose.  (John MacDougall, AFP/Getty Images)

Contacts

A visitor wears white-colored contact lenses.  (John MacDougall, AFP/Getty Images)

In black

A visitor walks in downtown Leipzig.  (John MacDougall, AFP/Getty Images)

Couple

Visitors strike a pose as they walk through downtown Leipzig.  (John MacDougall, AFP/Getty Images)

Walking

Visitors walk through downtown Leipzig.  (John MacDougall, AFP/Getty Images)

Sausage time

A visitor has a sausage.  (John MacDougall, AFP/Getty Images)

Taking a break

Visitors to the wave-gothic meeting take a lunch break in downtown Leipzig.  (John MacDougall, AFP/Getty Images)

Dark designs

Visitors walk downtown.  (John MacDougall, AFP/Getty Images)

Downtown

Visitors walk in downtown Leipzig.  (John MacDougall, AFP/Getty Images)

Walking downtown

Visitors walk in downtown Leipzig.  (John MacDougall, AFP/Getty Images)

Leashed

Visitors pose as they walk through downtown Leipzig.  (John MacDougall, AFP/Getty Images)

Walking by a god

A visitor walks past a statue of the Greek god Hermes in downtown Leipzig.  (John MacDougall, AFP/Getty Images)

Visitors

Visitor walk through a street in Leipzig.  (Jan Woitas, AFP/Getty Images)

Masked

A masked visitor poses.  (John MacDougall, AFP/Getty Images)

Chained

A visitor poses as she holds a masked friend on a chain.  (John MacDougall, AFP/Getty Images)

Nurse

Lucy from Duesseldorf, western Germany, is dressed up as a morbid nurse as she visits.  (Jan Woitas, AFP/Getty Images)

Walking stick

A visitor holds a walking stick decorated with a skull.  (Jan Woitas, AFP/Getty Images)

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