This is Comanesti, Romania. Happy New Year to the Bear Tribe. In Romania, the New Year’s Bear Ritual takes direction from all good traditions: it exists to bring good will and good luck for the people by driving off evil spirits. In the Bear Ritual’s early days, which date back thousands of years to the pagans, people went door-to-door dressed in real bearskin. Today, a group of dancers don lifelike bear costumes—boasting teeth and all—and perform an annual bear dance in the streets. From children to the elderly, people of all ages participate in this New Year’s Eve ritual. - See more at: wanderlustandlipstick/blogs/weirdwanderings/2014/12/16/new-years-bear-ritual-romania/#sthash.XQS3ZaWd.dpuf
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