Comănești,
Dancers leave the Bear Festival (Festivalul Ursilor), a centuries-old tradition from Moldavia in which dancers wearing heavy bear skins perform drum-led rituals around Christmas and New Year, a practice that once involved live bears and symbolises renewal, good fortune and the warding off of evil spirits.

Photograph: Andrei Pungovschi/Getty Images


Dancers leave the Bear Festival (Festivalul Ursilor), a centuries-old tradition from Moldavia in which dancers wearing heavy bear skins perform drum-led rituals around Christmas and New Year.
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