Noticed blood in art and crown of thorns.

The Wave Gotik Treffen in Leipzig, brings a non-Goth rollercoaster of emotions: Some can not look tired at the wildly styled beings, while others find it "ridiculous" - the Gothics happy about successful provocations and prying eyes.

 

Leipzig - "Excuse me, may I take a photo of you making?" Sigrid Möller enthusiastically wagged with her cell phone, set it on the Goth pair in front that looks like an old Ölstich emerged. The 70-year-old bummelte straight with her husband through the shopping arcade in Leipzig's train station, when she came to the eye: a lady in a Ballrobe, baggy, floor-length, a gentleman with a hat-in Buddenbrookhaus twine. The same must be photographed, Sigrid Möller pushes on their cell phone photo.

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Kathrein Döhring a bloodstained bride: "Just because it's fun when you get attention"

Every year at Pentecost draws the Wave Gotik Treffen (WGT) more than 19,000 supporters of the scene in the city. For the elderly couple Möller WGT is "always exciting, always beautiful" - even if some characters look nice slant. But the Möllers know: They want it all just play.

Although not everyone reacts so abandoned, as the older Möllers, as the native Leipzig WGT already know from the beginning - 2009 anniversary is the 18th Mal A whole city for an entire weekend to see overtaken by a horde of wild styled Goth so do representatives of the younger generation, the 'normal' are sometimes even harder.

"Some look really like clowns"

For example, David Perez Aguilera (22) in Leipzig in a fast-food shop his lunch with girlfriend Frances Venediger (19) takes: David finds the Finish type, how many "black" painting and dress, mostly "ludicrous, some see really look like clowns. " As it stands as the outfit of Alex Weinert in the eye, a couple of tables sits next: Alex, a student of social work from Kiel, has a crown of thorns selbstgebastelte made up of tiny branches, Puschel over a bright red wig of long feathers. This is the 22-year-old in a laced corset and boots with high heel.

David and Frances for a no-go ': "These are clothes for a woman, not a man!" The crown of thorns bear Alex no coincidence - it is his confrontation with God demonstrate; Alex describes himself as a Christian, sincere believers: "God is manifested in feelings, which we describe as love - I believe in him as a good force which is not material, found in the heart. " A statement that many passers-the student would not trust if, like David's better to keep distance.

But there are also non-blacks who are interested want to immerse themselves in the strange world of WGTler. Christoph Matthaes, 19, mechatronic-trainee from Sellessen near Cottbus, is for an extra day with his friend Christian Julk arrived. Both have prior wild myths about Goth heard, "the drinking animal blood, which celebrate rituals in the cemetery, the rat bite the head off," one grinning at Christoph. In the Leipzig City they learn from Essen Stephan Glaser know. The 22-year-old designs clothes for the cult scene fashion brand "belladonna", and is now a glamorous black street punk, with a turquoise Iro, network stump trousers and long, false eyelashes-jingle.

Curious regards Christoph Stephen outfit. "I think it's cool that there are people who by their extravagant dress opinion - that one must first trust." Christian order of the awesome turquoise Irokesenschnitt. "How long do we need this?" Stephan cradles the head, "between five minutes and two hours, depending on circumstances. My styling record is four hours." Christian makes big eyes, "oh man, there is the half day forum". The three laugh.

"The difference with the unfinished"

Then again Stephan serious. Animal blood to drink, rats anknabbern - this is all a giant rubbish, he says. "I do not know a single in the scene, which makes such a nonsense." Nevertheless, one must always hear phrases like "shit-Satanist", this stereotype would not go. Christian believes that it is the bold extravagance. "For many normal looking people, the perhaps too different to be with difference not ready."

The attack is really big for some. For example, Kathrein Döhring, 18, from Munich. As kunstblutverschmierte bride with veil and petticoat-selbstgenähtem white dresses stöckelt it on fire red boots with turbo paragraphs through Leipzig and attracts all glances. Constantly Kathrein must stop, throws in Pose, is photographed from all sides, from blacks, but also by many normal-dressed passers-by who they gruselnder admiration taxi.

Kathrein there too, on the one hand, simply want to provoke, by "playing with contradictions: the innocence of a bride with a shocking fake blood, a combination that by Kathrein noticed how no second, and enjoy," simply because it fun when you get attention - it was mainly the terrible, beautiful show, "but it's not about glorifying violence." What on the other side does not necessarily so important.

"For me personally it would be too much effort, so I get to do," says Constanze about Weidensee, 23 The primary trainee from Leipzig is one of the many passersby in the city, the look of the Munich Kathrein anstaunen. "I think they are hiding with the blood of her pretty face, but otherwise it looks really chic - how can someone who has a passion auslebt!"

Then Constanze even move, with her friend Juliana, at Pentecost is visiting from Berlin. But not now deeper into the black crowd to throw, but in order to leave the city. Tonight's after Tabarz in Thuringia, tomorrow evening after Hall: in the two cities' The Prince 'concerts. As a Goth-horror-bride Kathrein of Constanze and Juliana plans hears, her eyes lit ecstatic: "The prince? Cool, which I hear!"