MASQUERADE FEST: Dancers, known as ‘Kukeri’, perform during the International Festival of the Masquerade Games in Pernik, near Sofia, Bulgaria, on Sunday. The festival 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. — AFP
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