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Masquerade festival held in Bulgarian town

STORY: Masquerade festival held in Bulgarian town SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 26, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 27, 2024 LENGTH: 00:03:49 LOCATION: PERNIK, Bulgaria CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the event STORYLINE: Over 10,000 people wearing masks took part in Bulgaria's traditional masquerade festival on Friday in Pernik, a town located 30 km west of Bulgaria's capital city of Sofia. Masquerade rituals in Bulgaria are believed to date back to pagan times, when people tried to chase away winter's evil spirits by putting on scary-looking ritual masks and making as much noise as possible with rattles and bells, to bring fertility and health, and to prepare people for a new beginning. This year's event, the "Surva" International Festival of Masquerade Games, attracted 105 masquerade groups from Bulgaria and 20 from other countries including Greece, Italy, Portugal, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia. There are different roles played in Bulgarian masquerade groups such as commander, bride, bridegroom, doctor, policema

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Couple hold wedding in flower field in Oita Pref.

OITA, Japan - Bridegroom Tomohide Tani (L) and his bride Yuki kiss in the middle of a field of some 20 million rape blossoms in Nagasakibana, Bungotakada, in Oita Prefecture in southwestern Japan, during their wedding on March 30, 2014.

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Wedding at hotel rebuilt after March 2011 disaster

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Bridegroom Takuro Konno and bride Ayae march down the aisle during their wedding ceremony at Capital Hotel 1000, reconstructed on a hill after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, in Rikuzentaka, Iwate Prefecture, on Feb. 16, 2014.

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'Groom-Throwing Festival' held in Niigata

TOKAMACHI, Japan - A young man who married last year is about to be thrown onto snow in the traditional "Bridegroom-Throwing Festival" in Tokamachi, Niigata Prefecture, on Jan, 15, 2014.

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Wedding ceremony in front of Mobile Suit Gundam statue in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Bridegroom Yasuo Kai, 38, and his bride, Megumi, 37, pose during their wedding ceremony in front of the 18-meter-high statue of Mobile Suit Gundam, a popular robot from an animated TV series, at Daida in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Aug. 25. They were chosen from about 550 couples who applied for a plan offered by a Tokyo company that organizes weddings. The statue was erected last month to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the televising of the series and as part of an event to promote greenery in cities.

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Newlyweds enjoy boat tour through botanical garden

KATORI, Japan - A newlywed couple take a tour of waterways at an aquatic plant garden in Katori, Chiba Prefecture, during a traditional boating event on June 7. In the region until the 1950s, a bride and her trousseau were carried by boat to the bridegroom's house.

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Bridegroom-tossing event held in Niigata Pref.

TOKAMACHI, Japan - A bridegroom is tossed into the air before rolling five meters down a snow-covered slope to his wife in an event held in Tokamachi, Niigata Prefecture, on Jan. 15. Only couples who got married in the previous year can take part in the 300-year-old event.

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Traditional bride-on-the-boat wedding ceremony

MITO, Japan - A bride wearing a pure white wedding costume is taken by boat to her bridegroom in a traditional wedding ceremony reenacted during the annual Iris Festival in Itako, Ibaraki Prefecture, on May 24.

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Bride, bridegroom tour castle moat before wedding

MATSUE, Japan - A bride and bridegroom (C), along with their parents, are making a rare tour of the moat of the Matsue Castle in Matsue, western Japan, on Aug. 31 before a wedding ceremony.

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INDONESIA-CILACAP-FLOOD

(220316) -- CILACAP, March 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A man carrying a bridegroom wades through flood water after a wedding ceremony in Cilacap, Central Java, Indonesia, March 16, 2022. (Photo by Anang Firmansyah/Xinhua)

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Newlyweds enjoy boat tour through botanical garden

KATORI, Japan - A newlywed couple take a tour of waterways at an aquatic plant garden in Katori, Chiba Prefecture, during a traditional boating event on June 7. In the region until the 1950s, a bride and her trousseau were carried by boat to the bridegroom's house. (Kyodo)

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Winston Churchill arriving for his wedding

Winston Churchill arriving at St. Margaret's Church in Westminster for his marriage to Clementine Hozier on 12th September 1908. Date: 1908

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Winston Churchill arriving for his wedding

Winston Churchill, attended by his best man, Lord Hugh Cecil, arriving at St. Margaret's Church in Westminster for his marriage to Miss Clementine Hozier on 12th September 1908. Date: 1908

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Winston and Clemmie at their wedding

Winston Churchill and his bride, Clementine Hozier emerge from St. Margaret's Church in Westminster after their marriage on 12th September 1908. Date: 1908

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Kawasaki woman, Bucheon man tie knot after HS exchange event

Bride Yuko Suzuki (center R) who hails from Kawasaki, south of Tokyo, and South Korean bridegroom Nam U Hyon (center L), are congratulated by their friends at their wedding in Bucheon, South Korea, on May 17, 2015. The couple first met on an exchange program between high school students in Kawasaki and its sister city Bucheon in the 2000s. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kawasaki woman, Bucheon man tie knot after HS exchange event

Bride Yuko Suzuki (front L) who hails from Kawasaki, south of Tokyo, South Korean bridegroom Nam U Hyon (front R), and their friend Kumiko Takagi (between them) pose for photos in Bucheon, South Korea, on May 17, 2015, at Suzuki and Nam's wedding. The couple first met on an exchange program between high school students in Kawasaki and its sister city Bucheon in the 2000s. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bride and bridegroom, Kyoto, Japan

Bride and bridegroom in the grounds of the Heian Shrine, Kyoto, Japan. Date: circa 1990s

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Wedding ceremony in front of Mobile Suit Gundam statue in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Bridegroom Yasuo Kai, 38, and his bride, Megumi, 37, pose during their wedding ceremony in front of the 18-meter-high statue of Mobile Suit Gundam, a popular robot from an animated TV series, at Daida in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Aug. 25. They were chosen from about 550 couples who applied for a plan offered by a Tokyo company that organizes weddings. The statue was erected last month to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the televising of the series and as part of an event to promote greenery in cities. (Kyodo)

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Traditional bride-on-the-boat wedding ceremony

MITO, Japan - A bride wearing a pure white wedding costume is taken by boat to her bridegroom in a traditional wedding ceremony reenacted during the annual Iris Festival in Itako, Ibaraki Prefecture, on May 24. (Kyodo)

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Bridegroom-tossing event held in Niigata Pref.

TOKAMACHI, Japan - A bridegroom is tossed into the air before rolling five meters down a snow-covered slope to his wife in an event held in Tokamachi, Niigata Prefecture, on Jan. 15. Only couples who got married in the previous year can take part in the 300-year-old event. (Kyodo)

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Exchanging nupital cups at a wedding

The three-times-three exchange of nuptial sake cups is observed to solidify the marital bond. Originally, a small girl and boy poured the sake into the cup. The sake container was usually illustrated with male and female butterflies. The bridegroom has a topknot and wears ceremonial garments while the bride wears a wedding hood made of flattened cotton and a ceremonial dress. ==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number92‐40‐0]

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Exchanging nupital cups at a wedding

The three-times-three exchange of nuptial sake cups is observed to solidify the marital bond. Originally, a small girl and boy poured the sake into the cup. The sake container was usually illustrated with male and female butterflies. The bridegroom has a topknot and wears ceremonial garments while the bride wears a wedding hood made of flattened cotton and a ceremonial dress. ==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number61‐10‐0]

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Exchanging nupital cups at a wedding

The three-times-three exchange of nuptial sake cups is observed to solidify the marital bond. Originally, a small girl and boy poured the sake into the cup. The sake container was usually illustrated with male and female butterflies. The bridegroom has a topknot and wears ceremonial garments while the bride wears a wedding hood made of flattened cotton and a ceremonial dress. ==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number51‐52‐0]

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Zhuoshui Ancient Town Water Collective Wedding

The bride peeks at the bridegroom at the collective wedding in Zhuoshui ancient town. Chongqing, China, October 18, 2020.

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(11)Ryoko Tani

TOKYO, Japan - Ryoko Tani and her bridegroom Yoshitomo Tani, professional baseball player with Orix Bluewaves, at wedding reception in Tokyo. The photo was taken Dec. 20, 2003. (Kyodo)

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Bride, bridegroom tour castle moat before wedding

MATSUE, Japan - A bride and bridegroom (C), along with their parents, are making a rare tour of the moat of the Matsue Castle in Matsue, western Japan, on Aug. 31 before a wedding ceremony. (Kyodo)

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(12)South Korean Movie Star

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean actress Choi Jin Shil with her bridegroom Cho Sung Min, a professional baseball player who once played with the Yomiuri Giants, at their wedding in Seoul. The photo was taken Dec. 5, 2000. (Kyodo)