PHOTOS: Congolese artists channel 'Mad Max' and Chewbacca with costumes made of trash

PHOTOS: Congolese artists channel 'Mad Max' and Chewbacca with costumes made of trash
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There's a man wearing a suit of rubbery old car parts, like he's an extra in the film "Mad Max." A woman covered in a jumble of colorful wires from head to toe. And someone posing in a magnificent, Chewbacca-looking getup made out of ... hundreds upon hundreds of unrolled condoms. These fantastical …

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