Photos: Muddy People

A Chinese participant dribbles the ball during a preliminary match in Beijing on August 10, 2011 for the up-coming Mud Football World Championships. (STR/AFP/Getty)

A Chinese participant wipes his muddy face during a preliminary match in Beijing on August 10, 2011 for the up-coming Mud Football World Championships. (STR/AFP/Getty)

Festival-goers play in the mud during Lollapalooza Festival 2011 at Grant Park on August 7, 2011 in Chicago. (Timothy Hiatt/Getty Images)

Revellers play in the mud at a camping during the second day of the 36th edition of the Paleo festival in Nyon on July 20, 2011. (FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty)

Tourists “play” in the mud during the Boryeong Mud Festival at the Daecheon swimming beach in Boryeong, southwest of Seoul on July 17, 2011. (KIM JAE-HWAN/AFP/Getty)

Tourists “play” in the mud during the Boryeong Mud Festival at the Daecheon swimming beach in Boryeong, southwest of Seoul on July 17, 2011. (KIM JAE-HWAN/AFP/Getty)

Tourists “play” in the mud during the Boryeong Mud Festival at the Daecheon swimming beach in Boryeong, southwest of Seoul on July 17, 2011. (KIM JAE-HWAN/AFP/Getty)

Participants enjoy mud during the 14th Annual Boryeong Mud Festival at Daecheon Beach on July 16, 2011 in Boryeong, South Korea. (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty)

Participants enjoy mud during the 14th Annual Boryeong Mud Festival at Daecheon Beach on July 16, 2011 in Boryeong, South Korea. (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty)

Participants enjoy mud during the 14th Annual Boryeong Mud Festival at Daecheon Beach on July 16, 2011 in Boryeong, South Korea. (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty)

Festival goers wrestle in the mud during the 14th Annual Boryeong Mud Festival at Daecheon Beach on July 16, 2011 in Boryeong, South Korea. The mud, which is believed to have beneficial effects on the skin due to its mineral content, is sourced from mud flats near Boryeong and transported to the beach by truck. (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty)

Festival goers wrestle in the mud during the 14th Annual Boryeong Mud Festival at Daecheon Beach on July 16, 2011 in Boryeong, South Korea. The mud, which is believed to have beneficial effects on the skin due to its mineral content, is sourced from mud flats near Boryeong and transported to the beach by truck. (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty)

Festival goers wrestle in the mud during the 14th Annual Boryeong Mud Festival at Daecheon Beach on July 16, 2011 in Boryeong, South Korea. The mud, which is believed to have beneficial effects on the skin due to its mineral content, is sourced from mud flats near Boryeong and transported to the beach by truck. (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty)

Tom Wilder, 17 from Kent, dives in the mud at the Glastonbury Festival site at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 23, 2011 in Glastonbury, England. (Matt Cardy/Getty)

Vyxsin (left) and Kent (right) must dive into an enormous mud pit and search for a buried frog, a good luck symbol in Japan, while being pelted with clumps of mud by onlookers in order to receive the next clue on “The Amazing Race on March 6, 2010. (Robert Voets/Getty)

People enjoy the atmpshere in the mud at the Open Arms Music Festival on November 20, 2010 in Coffs Harbour, Australia. (Louise Wilson/Getty)

A festival goer makes the most of the mud during day one of Reading Festival on August 27, 2010 in Reading, England. (Simone Joyner/WireImage)

Tourists play in the mud during the 13th Tourists play in the mud during the 13th Boryeong Mud Festival at the Daecheon swimming beach in Boryeong, southwest of Seoul on July 18, 2010. (KIM JAE-HWAN/AFP/Getty)

Tourists play in the mud during the 13th Tourists play in the mud during the 13th Boryeong Mud Festival at the Daecheon swimming beach in Boryeong, southwest of Seoul on July 18, 2010. (KIM JAE-HWAN/AFP/Getty)

Tourists play in the mud during the 13th Tourists play in the mud during the 13th Boryeong Mud Festival at the Daecheon swimming beach in Boryeong, southwest of Seoul on July 18, 2010. (KIM JAE-HWAN/AFP/Getty)

Festival-goers splash in the mud during Festival-goers splash in the mud during the fourth annual international music festival “Be2gether” or B2G on June 26, 2010. (PETRAS MALUKAS/AFP/Getty)

Festival-goers splash in the mud during Festival-goers splash in the mud during the fourth annual international music festival “Be2gether” or B2G on June 26, 2010. (PETRAS MALUKAS/AFP/Getty)

Festival-goers splash in the mud during Festival-goers splash in the mud during the fourth annual international music festival “Be2gether” or B2G on June 26, 2010. (PETRAS MALUKAS/AFP/Getty)