Old Romanian winter traditions on display at Bucharest museum

Dec 14, 2015

Old Romanian winter traditions on display at Bucharest museum

Matt Bracken 0 Comment The Baltimore Sun, World Romania

In pre-Christian rural traditions, dancers wearing colored costumes or animal furs toured from house to house in villages, singing and dancing to ward off evil.

: A girls sports red boots as she stands next to men wearing traditional Romanian costumes during a show of winter traditions at the Village Museum in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

: Men wearing traditional Romanian costumes along with communist-era military uniforms and animal furs prepare to perform in a show of winter traditions at the Village Museum in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

: A mask hangs by the window of a wooden house during a show of winter traditions at the Village Museum in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

: Men wearing traditional Romanian costumes, masks and animal furs prepare to perform in a show of winter traditions at the Village Museum in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

: Performers, one wearing a bear fur, tweak their gear before taking part in a show of winter traditions at the Village Museum in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2015. In pre-Christian rural traditions, dancers wearing colored costumes or animal furs, toured from house to house in villages singing and dancing to ward off evil. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

: A man wearing a mask prepares to perform in a show of winter traditions at the Village Museum in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2015. In pre-Christian rural traditions, dancers wearing colored costumes or animal furs, toured from house to house in villages singing and dancing to ward off evil. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

: Men wearing masks prepare to perform in a show of winter traditions at the Village Museum in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2015. In pre-Christian rural traditions, dancers wearing colored costumes or animal furs, toured from house to house in villages singing and dancing to ward off evil. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

: A man wearing a mask prepares to perform in a show of winter traditions at the Village Museum in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2015. In pre-Christian rural traditions, dancers wearing colored costumes or animal furs toured from house to house in villages, singing and dancing to ward off evil.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

: A man wearing a mask prepares to perform in a show of winter traditions at the Village Museum in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2015. In pre-Christian rural traditions, dancers wearing colored costumes or animal furs toured from house to house in villages, singing and dancing to ward off evil.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

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