Young woman dressed as kuker - Bulgarian mummer with scaring dragoon masks during Surva celebration
Young woman dressed as kuker - Bulgarian mummer with dragoon masks during Surva celebration - old ritual for scaring the evil away registered as part of the world culture heritage with UNESCO
Size: 4800px × 3200px
Location: Yardzhilovtsi Village, Bulgaria
Photo credit: © Dimitrina Lavchieva / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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