Masquerade festival Bulgaria
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Country
Bulgaria
City
Yardzhilovtsi
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Villagers celebrate the annual winter masquerade festival in the Bulgarian village of Yardzhilovtsi. The folk tradition, which involves a ritual whereby actors dressed as bride and groom go house to house to be "married" by a "priest". Faces of shepherds, dogs, wolf, bear and shepherd are featured on elaborate masks, called "mechkari" which represent rural life, and are worn by men dressed who process in furs and heavy bells.
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14 Jan 2015
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00009689
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