• An artist of Ukraine's Artel Myth performs her Concordia character during the Living Statues International Festival, in Bucharest, Romania. Wait, did that statue really move? It may have been the question many themselves while taking a walk in Bucharest over the past week, during the International Living Statues Festival. Vadim Ghirda / AP Photo
    An artist of Ukraine's Artel Myth performs her Concordia character during the Living Statues International Festival, in Bucharest, Romania. Wait, did that statue really move? It may have been the question many themselves while taking a walk in Bucharest over the past week, during the International Living Statues Festival. Vadim Ghirda / AP Photo
  • An artist of The Netherlands' Levend Theater performs the Angel character during the Living Statues International Festival, in Bucharest, Romania. Vadim Ghirda / AP Photo
    An artist of The Netherlands' Levend Theater performs the Angel character during the Living Statues International Festival, in Bucharest, Romania. Vadim Ghirda / AP Photo
  • Artists of Romania's Masca theatre wear outfits inspired by famous Romanian sculptor Constantin Brancusi's iconic Endless Column, at the Living Statues International Festival, in Bucharest, Romania. Vadim Ghirda / AP Photo
    Artists of Romania's Masca theatre wear outfits inspired by famous Romanian sculptor Constantin Brancusi's iconic Endless Column, at the Living Statues International Festival, in Bucharest, Romania. Vadim Ghirda / AP Photo
  • A child offers ice-cream to artists of Ukraine's Artel Myth theatre performing "A day in the life of Ukrainians" at the Living Statues International Festival, in Bucharest, Romania. Vadim Ghirda / AP Photo
    A child offers ice-cream to artists of Ukraine's Artel Myth theatre performing "A day in the life of Ukrainians" at the Living Statues International Festival, in Bucharest, Romania. Vadim Ghirda / AP Photo
  • An artist of Romania's Masca theatre has make-up applied to his face before performing at the Living Statues International Festival, in Bucharest, Romania. Vadim Ghirda / AP Photo
    An artist of Romania's Masca theatre has make-up applied to his face before performing at the Living Statues International Festival, in Bucharest, Romania. Vadim Ghirda / AP Photo
  • An artist performs during the Living Statues International Festival, in Bucharest, Romania. Vadim Ghirda / AP Photo
    An artist performs during the Living Statues International Festival, in Bucharest, Romania. Vadim Ghirda / AP Photo
  • Andrei Costin of Romania's Masca theatre performs his Rat Poison Vendor character, at the Living Statues International Festival, in Bucharest, Romania. Vadim Ghirda / AP Photo
    Andrei Costin of Romania's Masca theatre performs his Rat Poison Vendor character, at the Living Statues International Festival, in Bucharest, Romania. Vadim Ghirda / AP Photo
  • An artist of Spain's Alucinarte Animacion Teatral performs the Neptune character at the Living Statues International Festival, in Bucharest, Romania. Vadim Ghirda / AP Photo
    An artist of Spain's Alucinarte Animacion Teatral performs the Neptune character at the Living Statues International Festival, in Bucharest, Romania. Vadim Ghirda / AP Photo

Festival of living statues wows crowds in Romania - in pictures


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