Dec. 30 Daily Brief: Romania’s “bear dance,” wintertime swimmers brave icy waters in Russia and “wishing spheres” for New Year’s in Singapore
Dec. 30 Daily Brief: Romania’s “bear dance,” wintertime swimmers brave icy waters in Russia, “wishing spheres” for New Year’s in Singapore and more in today’s daily brief.
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- A girl poses with dancers from Romania’s northeastern region of Moldova during a traditional parade, a ritual for good luck in the New Year, in Comanesti, 300 km (186 miles) northeast of Bucharest December 30, 2013. In pre-Christian rural traditions dancers used to tour from house to house in villages while singing and dancing to ward off evil. (Bogdan Cristel/Reuters)
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- Dancers from Romania’s northeastern region of Moldova perform the “bear” dance, a ritual for good luck in the New Year, during a traditional parade in Comanesti, 300 km (186 miles) northeast of Bucharest December 30, 2013. In pre-Christian rural traditions dancers used to tour from house to house in villages while singing and dancing to ward off evil. (Bogdan Cristel/Reuters)
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- A dancer from Romania’s northeastern region of Moldova performs the “bear” dance, a ritual for good luck in the New Year, during a traditional parade in Comanesti, 300 km northeast of Bucharest December 30, 2013. In pre-Christian rural traditions dancers used to tour from house to house in villages while singing and dancing to ward off evil. (Bogdan Cristel/Reuters)
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- Dancers from Romania’s northeastern region of Moldova perform the “bear” dance, a ritual for good luck in the New Year, during a traditional parade in Comanesti, 300 km (186 miles) northeast of Bucharest December 30, 2013. In pre-Christian rural traditions dancers used to tour from house to house in villages while singing and dancing to ward off evil. (Bogdan Cristel/Reuters)
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- Thousands of biodegradable balloons are released by members of the city’s commercial association at Patio do Colegio, the site of the city’s foundation in 1554, on December 30, 2013 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The workers of the association began releasing balloons in 1992 in which has now turned into a tradition to celebrate the New Year. (Nelson Almeida/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Thousands of biodegradable balloons are released by members of the city’s commercial association at Patio do Colegio, the site of the city’s foundation in 1554, on December 30, 2013 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The workers of the association began releasing balloons in 1992 in which has now turned into a tradition to celebrate the New Year. (Nelson Almeida/AFP/Getty Images)
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- A Gurung man in a traditional costume performs during the New Year parade in Kathmandu December 30, 2013. The Gurung community in Nepal celebrates their Tamu Lhosar or Losar (New Year) with a feast and various cultural programs to usher in the year of the horse. (Navesh Chitrakar/Nepal Society)
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- A Gurung girl wearing a traditional costume watches a passing New Year parade from inside a cafe in Kathmandu December 30, 2013. The Gurung community in Nepal celebrates their Tamu Lhosar or Losar (New Year) with a feast and various cultural programs to usher in the year of the horse. (Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)
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- Gurung girls wearing traditional costumes sing and dance while taking part in a New Year parade in Kathmandu December 30, 2013. The Gurung community in Nepal celebrates their Tamu Lhosar or Losar (New Year) with a feast and various cultural programs to usher in the year of the horse. (Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)
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- Workers walk along a floating platform while arranging “wishing spheres” along Marina Bay in Singapore, December 30, 2013. People penned their wishes for the new year onto the spheres before placing them into the river. (Low Youjin/Reuters)
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- A worker takes a break while arranging “wishing spheres” along Marina Bay in Singapore, December 30, 2013. People penned their wishes for the new year onto the spheres before placing them into the river. (Low Youjin/Reuters)
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- A boy sits in a bucket as he plays while waiting for his mother to fetch water from a nearby hand pump to bathe him, outside a makeshift hut in the southern Indian city of Chennai December 30, 2013. (Babu/Reuters)
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- Members of the “Cryophil” winter swimming club walk along the Yenisei River holding a Christmas tree, during a New Year celebration in air temperatures of minus 5 degrees Celcius (23 degrees Fahrenheit) in Russia’s Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, December 29, 2013. Picture taken December 29, 2013. (Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)
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- Young members of the “Krepysh” family winter swimming club visit Father Frost and Snegurochka, the Russian equivalents of Santa Claus and Snow Maiden, during a New Year celebration on the banks of the Yenisei River in Russia’s Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, December 29, 2013. Picture taken December 29, 2013. (Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)
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- Members of the “Cryophil” winter swimming club are pictured in the Yenisei River with a Christmas tree, during a New Year celebration in temperatures of minus 5 degrees Celcius (23 degrees Fahrenheit) in Russia’s Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, December 29, 2013. Picture taken December 29, 2013. (Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)
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