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International Winter Customs Festival
Festivalul Internațional Obiceiuri de iarnă
Suceava, Romania
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Each year between Christmas and New Year, the city of Suceava fills with the wild costumes of Bukovina's winter customs. Groups from across the county parade through the streets as masked bears, goats, and devils, bringing the old new-year blessings, in a celebration of one of the richest midwinter traditions in Romania.
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Suceava, Moldova, Romania
Suceava, Romania
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International Winter Customs Festival
Festivalul Internațional Obiceiuri de iarnă
Suceava, Romania
Each year between Christmas and New Year, the city of Suceava fills with the wild costumes of Bukovina's winter customs. Groups from across the county parade through the streets as masked bears, goats, and devils, bringing the old new-year blessings, in a celebration of one of the richest midwinter traditions in Romania.
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The International Winter Customs Festival in Suceava is an annual showcase of Bukovina's traditional New Year customs, held between Christmas and New Year. Costumed groups from across Suceava County and beyond parade through the city performing masked dances — bears, goats, and devils — and ritual songs marking the turn of the year.
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