A participant wearing a fantasy costume poses for a picture during the Hero Festival in Marseille, France November 12, 2016. (Photo by Jean-Paul Pelissier/Reuters)
In this Saturday, December 30, 2017, picture a girl wearing a bear fur costume takes part in an annual bear parade in Comanesti, Romania. It's a tradition that originated in pre-Christian times, when dancers wearing colored costumes or animal furs went from house to house in villages, singing and dancing to ward off evil. (Photo by Vadim Ghirda/AP Photo)