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AP PHOTOS: In Romania, hundreds dance in bear skins for festive 'dancing bear festival'

COMANESTI, Romania (AP) — Centuries ago, people in what is now northeastern Romania donned bear skins and danced to fend off evil spirits. That custom is today known as the Dancing Bears Festival, ...
Barron's

Bearskin Dance Reconnects Romania Youth With Tradition

Romanian teenager Cosmin sweats profusely under a gigantic bearskin costume as he prances to the exhilarating sound of drums, flutes and whistles to welcome the New Year. The parade Cosmin stars in ...
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AP PHOTOS: Bear dance ritual connects Romania with the past

In this Saturday, Dec. 30, 2017, picture a man wearing a bear fur costume screams while dancing in Comanesti, Romania. The tradition, originating in pre-Christian times, when dancers, wearing colored ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

AP PHOTOS: Bear costumes, dance at popular Romanian festival

COMANESTI, RomaniaCOMANESTI, Romania — Centuries ago, people in what is now northeastern Romania would don bear fur and dance to fend off evil spirits. Nowadays, the custom lives on as a popular ...
Digital Journal

Bearskin dance reconnects Romania youth with tradition

Romanian teenager Cosmin sweats profusely under a gigantic bearskin costume as he prances to the exhilarating sound of drums. Romanian teenager Cosmin sweats profusely under a gigantic bearskin ...