Masked dancers from Northeastern Bulgaria at the Surva International Masquerade and Mummers Festival in Pernik, Bulgaria, Eastern Europe, Balkans, EU

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Surva International Masquerade Festival in Pernik, Bulgaria, a member of the European Federation of Carnival Cities. This year, 2023, the event was held for the 29th time, for three full days, and some 10 000 masked dancers from all over Europe participated, making Surva the biggest Winter festival on the continent.

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Size: 4121px × 6174px
Location: Pernik, Sofia, Bulgaria, Eastern Europe, Balkans, EU
Photo credit: © bincidaphoto / Alamy / Afripics
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