Two of the three Straw Bears stop for a rest during the annual Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival parade on January 14, 2017 in Whittlesey, United Kingdom. The traditional event was revived in 1980 and features a “Straw Bear” and it's children being led through the streets of the English village of Whittlesey, near Peterborough, United Kingdom. The bear dances, while musicians break off into groups around the village square to perform with many different Morris, Molly, Sword, Mummer and Appalachian dancing teams. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)
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