Festival Gives Body Painters A Brush With Fame

(CBS) This year's World Body Painting Festival in Austria drew 200 artists from more than 40 different countries and almost 30,00 fans, according to Sky News.

The week-long event in Seeboden, in Austria's Cartinthia region , kicked off on Monday, July 12, and included a "Body Circus" fantasy ball in a medieval castle that featured several hundred people In costume.

Awards were given out, in a varierty of categories, including dance, drama, painting and photography, Sky News reports.

The festival is in its 13th year.