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In this photo taken on Sunday, February 15, 2015 a man dressed in local Carnival traditional costume runs as he parades with others during Carnival festivities in Lazarim, northeastern Portugal. While Rio de Janeiro may boast the world's most famous carnival, the festive period of masquerades and wild and colorful costumes that precedes the Christian religious season of Lent is also a permanent and popular fixture for celebration in Spain and Portugal, with each country having its own strange and unique way of doing it. Portugal's most famous carnival takes place in the north-central town of Lazarin, with its pagan “careto” ritual of masked young men dressed in colored woolen quilts and donning brass, leather or wooden masks as they dance and chase local people – especially young women – through the streets, trying to scare them by making lots of noise and jingling bells on their backs. (Photo by Francisco Seco/AP Photo)
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