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We’re all mad here: Fans go apocalyptic at the Wastelands desert festival

Updated On Sep 24, 2016 03:55 PM IST
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Welcome to Wastelands Weekend, an annual orgy of “cosplay” -- dressing up to the layman -- where fans of the Mad Max film franchise flock from all over the continent. (AFP) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Sep 24, 2016 03:55 PM IST

Welcome to Wastelands Weekend, an annual orgy of “cosplay” -- dressing up to the layman -- where fans of the Mad Max film franchise flock from all over the continent. (AFP)

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In combat boots, satin thongs and matching nipple tassels, the burlesque girls of the apocalypse celebrate the end of the world deep in the merciless dust of the Mojave Desert. (AFP) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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In combat boots, satin thongs and matching nipple tassels, the burlesque girls of the apocalypse celebrate the end of the world deep in the merciless dust of the Mojave Desert. (AFP)

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Whether via plague, nuclear war or spiders from Mars, the death throes of humanity are not supposed to be fun -- but try telling that to these festival goers. (AFP) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Whether via plague, nuclear war or spiders from Mars, the death throes of humanity are not supposed to be fun -- but try telling that to these festival goers. (AFP)

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Once a year, Wasteland City rises from the arid badlands of the northern Antelope Valley, a two-hour drive north from Los Angeles, to host the largest post-apocalyptic themed festival in the world. (AFP) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Once a year, Wasteland City rises from the arid badlands of the northern Antelope Valley, a two-hour drive north from Los Angeles, to host the largest post-apocalyptic themed festival in the world. (AFP)

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This is the seventh year for the Wastelands Weekend, which was first held in 2010. (AFP) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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This is the seventh year for the Wastelands Weekend, which was first held in 2010. (AFP)

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Imagine San Diego Comic-Con but for fans of Mad Max and the Fallout console games, who aren’t too fussy about pristine restrooms. That’s Wastelands Weekend. (AFP) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Imagine San Diego Comic-Con but for fans of Mad Max and the Fallout console games, who aren’t too fussy about pristine restrooms. That’s Wastelands Weekend. (AFP)

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Elaborate sets are meant to replicate a post-apocalyptic world while live bands, DJs and combat and stunt performers carry on into the small hours. (AFP) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Elaborate sets are meant to replicate a post-apocalyptic world while live bands, DJs and combat and stunt performers carry on into the small hours. (AFP)

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There’s no dress code for the vehicles, but every year a fleet of Mad Max-style junkyard monsters turn up, mounted with gun turrets or armed with metal spikes. (AFP) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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There’s no dress code for the vehicles, but every year a fleet of Mad Max-style junkyard monsters turn up, mounted with gun turrets or armed with metal spikes. (AFP)

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Every settlement, no matter how iniquitous, needs its moral compass, of course, and Wasteland City is no different. (AFP) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Every settlement, no matter how iniquitous, needs its moral compass, of course, and Wasteland City is no different. (AFP)

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It isn’t just the facilities that dress down for the occasion. Attendees are required to fit in, which means a lot of torn leather, studs, grungy vests and goggles for protection from duststorms. (AFP) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Sep 24, 2016 03:55 PM IST

It isn’t just the facilities that dress down for the occasion. Attendees are required to fit in, which means a lot of torn leather, studs, grungy vests and goggles for protection from duststorms. (AFP)

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