AP PHOTOS: In Romania, hundreds dance in bear skins for festive ‘dancing bear festival’
COMANESTI, Romania — Centuries ago, people in what is now northeastern Romania donned bear skins and danced to fend off evil spirits. That custom is today known as the Dancing Bears Festival, drawing crowds of tourists every December. Hundreds of people of all ages, clad in bear costumes, dance every year around Christmas to the … Read more