In pictures: The Wickerman Festival

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Primal Scream
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Primal Scream headlined the opening day of the 12th Wickerman Festival staged in East Kirkcarswell, Dumfries and Galloway.

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A crowd of 18,000 attended the sold-out festival on Friday and Saturday.

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The festival is named after the cult 1973 Edward Woodward film which was filmed in nearby Kirkcudbright.

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Kevin Rowland's Dexys were among the acts to play the main Summerisle stage on Saturday.

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Amy Macdonald headlined this year's festival and later had the honour of helping set the Wickerman statue alight.

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Each year a mock wickerman statue is burned. A minotaur was this year's theme.