Old Romanian winter traditions on display at Bucharest museum
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)