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World's Largest Goth Festival, Leipzig, Germany May 2015

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photo credit: Ed Robertson Wave-Gotik-Treffen, Leipzig Since 1992, the world's largest goth festival has been held in Leipzig, Germany. For four days, Wave-Gotik-Treffen entertain about 20,000 goths and other dark subcultures fans like metalheads, steampunks, neo-Victorians, etc.  Departing from Berlin, our team took the bus for a 1.45 hour ride.    boarding the bus. photo credit: Yanira Brown  Before I left for Germany, I know many people were surprised to hear we were going to a goth festival.  They didn't think it would make a difference. I believe, if we can reach one person, it is worth it. I admit, it was a bit intimidating to talk to my first goths because of how they dressed.  But as I continued to talk to them, I found many similarities.  I heard many stories about pain and hurt.  It reminded me of my own journey and thought, "wow, never did I think I would use my pain to now help others."   "And we know that in all things God