Painted bodies transformed into art in Venezuela

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Painted bodies transformed into art in Venezuela
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A woman covered in body paint poses at the Teresa Carreno's theater during the VI World Meeting of Body Art in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday , Nov. 19, 2011. Activities such as body painting, tattooing, performances, workshops and conferences are part of the event. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

A woman covered in body paint poses at the Teresa Carreno's theater during the VI World Meeting of Body Art in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday , Nov. 19, 2011. Activities such as body painting, tattooing, performances, workshops and conferences are part of the event. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

A woman covered in body paint poses for pictures at the Teresa Carreno's theater during the sixth World Meeting of Body Art in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011. Activities such as body painting, tattooing, performances, workshops and conferences are part of the event. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Artist Ana Echachy, from, Venezuela, right, blows glitter over a man face as the final touch of a body paint work during the VI World Meeting of Body Art at the Teresa Carreno's theater in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011. Activities such as body painting, tattooing, performances, workshops and conferences are part of the event. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Women look at a man performing as a statue during the VI World Meeting of Body Art at the Teresa Carreno's theater in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday , Nov. 19, 2011. Activities such as body painting, tattooing, performances, workshops and conferences are part of the event. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

A woman covered in body paint poses at the Teresa Carreno's theater during the VI World Meeting of Body Art in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011. Activities such as body painting, tattooing, performances, workshops and conferences are part of the event. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) ? Artists are using paint, ornaments and glitter to transform the human body into artwork at a festival in Venezuela.

The annual World Meeting of Body Art involves body painting, tattoo art, performances and workshops. Participants from 18 countries are sharing their creations at the festival in Caracas.

Participants had their bodies painted in bright hues from orange to lime green. Vines appeared to wind down the shoulders of one woman, and a man posed as a statue with his skin painted to look like marble.

Venezuelan artist Ivan Hernandez Rojas says the "body is a canvas with infinite possibilities."

Associated Press

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