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Victoriana fan Jan Farmer poses outside Whitby Abbey during the Whitby Goth Weekend on April 28, in Whitby, England.
Whitby Gothic Weekend which was started in 1994 to celebrate all things dark and mysterious has become a twice yearly event for Goths. Whitby was partly chosen because Bram Stoker wrote his famous Dracula story in the fishing town with the Gothic Whitby Abbey as his inspiration. The weekend has now grown to include followers of Romanticism, Victoriana, Cybergoth and Steampunk and features music, dancing, drinking and shopping for all of those interested in alternative lifestyles.
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Goths show off their make-up and dress.
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Goths and Steampunks walk through Whitby during Whitby Goth Weekend.
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Dracula's bride, alias Jean Pawson, adjusts the collar of Dracula, John Threfall.
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A Goth peers from behind a gravestone.
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Goths stand near the abbey.
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A skeleton sits in the driver's seat of a hearse.
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Goth Jimmy Clarke walks in the narrow fishermens' streets during Whitby Goth Weekend.
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To each their own. As the Wicca say, "...An it harm none."
This looked like a preview of the 2012 Tampa Republican Convention.
A bunch of people totally out of touch with reality.
Wow, what a douche.
How COOL is that
Wicca Dude,
I once knew some
witches that gave a loud mouth friend of mine diarrhea,
hard to believe I know but its true not in person but over the computer and phone, she went to far and the Wicca witches did their thing, I believe,saw it for myself.
Blessed Be,,,,,,
Sam the Man
Wicca doesn't do curses or revenge (so those I know say).
I want there to be a Goth Weekend in Sarasota, FL. Talk about contrast.
I don't get it.
That is sooo coool!! I would love to attend that.
Not all walk the same path. Have fun kids!
Yay, lets put on black clothes, pierce our bodies and paint our nails black so we celebrate our depression, darkness and misery! Oops...we can't celebrate then we would be happy...hmm a real conundrum.
Year round Halloween ....
Nice ....
Snickers are great ....
in my neighborhood you walk around like any of those folks first the kids would laugh at ya then they would beat you up and take your clothes,all in the spirit of it isn't halloween yet..sorry but thats real life...