The Surva 2009 International Festival of Mask Games was opened Friday night in the Western Bulgarian city of Pernik. The Festival features processions of the so called "Kukeri" - an ancient Bulgarian ...

Bulgaria comes alive each January as Kukeri dancers take to village streets to perform rituals meant to drive away evil spirits and mark the end of winter. In towns across Bulgaria, thousands come ...

About 5,000 men practicing the ancient Kukeri tradition gathered in the western city of Pernik to dance the winter away in the end of one of the coldest weeks in Bulgaria this season. Seven foreign ...

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In many Bulgarian towns and villages, winter is punctuated by the ancient Kukeri ritual, which is carried out to drive away the presence of evil. As with many cultural traditions passed down through ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bulgaria comes alive each January as Kukeri dancers take to village streets to perform rituals meant to drive away evil spirits ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In towns across Bulgaria, thousands come together to watch ancient pagan customs unfold as a shared public moment. Men wear heavy ...

In towns across Bulgaria, thousands come together to watch ancient pagan customs unfold as a shared public moment. Men wear heavy fur, feather and bead costumes, large bells tied around their waists.