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Bulgarian “Kukeri” dancers participate with their masks as they perform in the International Festival of the Masquerade Games in Pernik, near Sofia, on January 27, 2024. The Kukeri Carnival is a festival, which started on January 26, as participants wearing multi-coloured masks, covered with beads, ribbons and woollen tassels. The heavy swaying of the main mummer is meant to represent wheat heavy with grain, and the bells tied around the waist are intended to drive away the evil spirits and the sickness, on January 27, 2024. (Photo by Nikolay Doychinov/AFP Photo)
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