Must-see photos from Bulgarian masquerade festival

Dancers wearing masks take part in the International Festival of Masquerade Games Surva in Pernik, Bulgaria on Sunday. The International Festival of the Masquerade Games called Surva takes place in the town of Pernik every year in the last weekend of January. It’s the biggest event of this type not only in Bulgaria but on the Balkans as well. ( REUTERS)

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Dancers wearing masks take part in the International Festival of Masquerade Games Surva in Pernik, Bulgaria on Sunday. The International Festival of the Masquerade Games called Surva takes place in the town of Pernik every year in the last weekend of January. It’s the biggest event of this type not only in Bulgaria but on the Balkans as well. ( REUTERS)

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Dancers wearing masks take part in the 25th edition of the international festival of masquerade games on Sunday. (REUTERS)

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Dancers wearing costumes made of animal fur take part in the International Festival of Masquerade Games Surva in Pernik, Bulgaria on Sunday. (REUTERS)

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Dancers wearing masks take part in the International Festival of Masquerade Games on Sunday. The three-day festival, which started on Friday, has participants sporting multi-coloured masks, covered with beads, ribbons and woolen tassels while the main dancer, ladened with bells to drive away sickness and evil spirits, sways like a wheat spikelet heavy with grain. (REUTERS)

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A dancer wearing costume made of animal fur takes part in the International Festival of Masquerade Games on Sunday. (REUTERS)

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Dancers wearing masks take part in the International Festival of Masquerade Games Surva in Pernik on Sunday. (REUTERS)

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A dancer wearing costume made of animal fur takes part in the International Festival of Masquerade Games on Sunday. The three-day festival, which started on Friday, has participants sporting multi-coloured masks, covered with beads, ribbons and woolen tassels while the main dancer, ladened with bells to drive away sickness and evil spirits, sways like a wheat spikelet heavy with grain. (REUTERS)

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A dancer wearing mask made of animal fur take part in the International Festival of Masquerade Games on Sunday. (REUTERS)

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Dancers, known as Kukeri, perform on Sunday during the International Festival of the Masquerade Games in Pernik, near the capital Sofia. (AFP)

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A dancer wearing costume made of animal fur takes part in the International Festival of Masquerade Games on Sunday. (REUTERS)

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Dancers wearing masks take part in the International Festival of Masquerade Games on Sunday. (REUTERS)