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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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Predawn M5.2 quake rattles eastern Japan, including Tokyo

Shattered roof tiles lie scattered around a house in Kisarazu in Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo, after a predawn earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.2 jolted eastern Japan on May 11, 2023.

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Predawn M5.2 quake rattles eastern Japan, including Tokyo

Photo taken on May 11, 2023, shows a partially dislodged ceiling light at JR Kisarazu Station in Kisarazu in Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo, after a predawn earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.2 jolted eastern Japan the same day.

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Asashoryu rattles Kisenosato at spring sumo

OSAKA, Japan - Yokozuma Asashoryu (back) disposes of top-ranked maegashira Kisenosato at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka on March 18.

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Magnitude 5.4 quake rattles Tokyo area

TOKYO, Japan - An employee at a rental video shop in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, cleans up after a quake on Feb. 16 emptied the shelves. The magnitude 5.4 quake struck at 4:46 a.m. and jolted Tokyo and other parts of eastern Japan.

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Asashoryu rattles Kisenosato at spring sumo

OSAKA, Japan - Yokozuma Asashoryu (back) disposes of top-ranked maegashira Kisenosato at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka on March 18. (Kyodo)

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Magnitude 5.4 quake rattles Tokyo area

TOKYO, Japan - An employee at a rental video shop in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, cleans up after a quake on Feb. 16 emptied the shelves. The magnitude 5.4 quake struck at 4:46 a.m. and jolted Tokyo and other parts of eastern Japan.

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THE ITALIAN JOB

THE ITALIAN JOB [BR 1969] FRED EMERY Date: 1969

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Harvesting rice

A farming family is placing harvested bundles of rice onto a draft horse. The man with a head towel may be the father, the woman standing his daughter, the woman stooping down to tie rice bundles may be the grandmother, and the woman on the left may be the mother. Bird rattles hang from poles in the rice paddy. The season is autumn, but the location is unknown. Probably taken in the Meiji Period.==Date:Middle Meiji (1883-1897), Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number69‐79‐0]

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Children in moravian traditional dress with rattles

Children walk with their rattles through the streets of Branisovice, Czech Republic on Good Friday, April 2, 2021. Rattles replace the sound of bells which are according the liturgical tradition flying on Maundy (Holy) Thursday to Rome. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

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Children in moravian traditional dress with rattles

Children walk with their rattles through the streets of Branisovice, Czech Republic on Good Friday, April 2, 2021. Rattles replace the sound of bells which are according the liturgical tradition flying on Maundy (Holy) Thursday to Rome. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

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Children in moravian traditional dress with rattles

Children walk with their rattles through the streets of Branisovice, Czech Republic on Good Friday, April 2, 2021. Rattles replace the sound of bells which are according the liturgical tradition flying on Maundy (Holy) Thursday to Rome. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

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Children in moravian traditional dress with rattles

Children walk with their rattles through the streets of Branisovice, Czech Republic on Good Friday, April 2, 2021. Rattles replace the sound of bells which are according the liturgical tradition flying on Maundy (Holy) Thursday to Rome. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

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Children in moravian traditional dress with rattles

Children walk with their rattles through the streets of Branisovice, Czech Republic on Good Friday, April 2, 2021. Rattles replace the sound of bells which are according the liturgical tradition flying on Maundy (Holy) Thursday to Rome. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

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Children in moravian traditional dress with rattles

Children walk with their rattles through the streets of Branisovice, Czech Republic on Good Friday, April 2, 2021. Rattles replace the sound of bells which are according the liturgical tradition flying on Maundy (Holy) Thursday to Rome. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

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Children in moravian traditional dress with rattles

Children walk with their rattles through the streets of Branisovice, Czech Republic on Good Friday, April 2, 2021. Rattles replace the sound of bells which are according the liturgical tradition flying on Maundy (Holy) Thursday to Rome. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

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Children in moravian traditional dress with rattles

Children walk with their rattles through the streets of Branisovice, Czech Republic on Good Friday, April 2, 2021. Rattles replace the sound of bells which are according the liturgical tradition flying on Maundy (Holy) Thursday to Rome. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

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People with rattles

Tens of people walk with their rattles through the streets of Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic on Good Friday, April 2, 2021. Rattles replace the sound of bells which are according the liturgical tradition flying on Maundy (Holy) Thursday to Rome. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Pancer)

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People with rattles

Tens of people walk with their rattles through the streets of Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic on Good Friday, April 2, 2021. Rattles replace the sound of bells which are according the liturgical tradition flying on Maundy (Holy) Thursday to Rome. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Pancer)

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Children in moravian traditional dress with rattles

Children walk with their rattles through the streets of Branisovice, Czech Republic on Good Friday, April 2, 2021. Rattles replace the sound of bells which are according the liturgical tradition flying on Maundy (Holy) Thursday to Rome. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

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People with rattles

Tens of people walk with their rattles through the streets of Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic on Good Friday, April 2, 2021. Rattles replace the sound of bells which are according the liturgical tradition flying on Maundy (Holy) Thursday to Rome. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Pancer)

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People with rattles

Tens of people walk with their rattles through the streets of Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic on Good Friday, April 2, 2021. Rattles replace the sound of bells which are according the liturgical tradition flying on Maundy (Holy) Thursday to Rome. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Pancer)

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People with rattles

Tens of people walk with their rattles through the streets of Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic on Good Friday, April 2, 2021. Rattles replace the sound of bells which are according the liturgical tradition flying on Maundy (Holy) Thursday to Rome. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Pancer)

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People with rattles

Tens of people walk with their rattles through the streets of Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic on Good Friday, April 2, 2021. Rattles replace the sound of bells which are according the liturgical tradition flying on Maundy (Holy) Thursday to Rome. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Pancer)

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People with rattles

Tens of people walk with their rattles through the streets of Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic on Good Friday, April 2, 2021. Rattles replace the sound of bells which are according the liturgical tradition flying on Maundy (Holy) Thursday to Rome. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Pancer)

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People with rattles

Tens of people walk with their rattles through the streets of Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic on Good Friday, April 2, 2021. Rattles replace the sound of bells which are according the liturgical tradition flying on Maundy (Holy) Thursday to Rome. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Pancer)

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People with rattles

Tens of people walk with their rattles through the streets of Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic on Good Friday, April 2, 2021. Rattles replace the sound of bells which are according the liturgical tradition flying on Maundy (Holy) Thursday to Rome. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Pancer)

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People with rattles

Tens of people walk with their rattles through the streets of Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic on Good Friday, April 2, 2021. Rattles replace the sound of bells which are according the liturgical tradition flying on Maundy (Holy) Thursday to Rome. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Pancer)

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People with rattles

Tens of people walk with their rattles through the streets of Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic on Good Friday, April 2, 2021. Rattles replace the sound of bells which are according the liturgical tradition flying on Maundy (Holy) Thursday to Rome. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Pancer)

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People with rattles

Tens of people walk with their rattles through the streets of Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic on Good Friday, April 2, 2021. Rattles replace the sound of bells which are according the liturgical tradition flying on Maundy (Holy) Thursday to Rome. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Pancer)

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People with rattles

Tens of people walk with their rattles through the streets of Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic on Good Friday, April 2, 2021. Rattles replace the sound of bells which are according the liturgical tradition flying on Maundy (Holy) Thursday to Rome. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Pancer)

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People with rattles

Tens of people walk with their rattles through the streets of Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic on Good Friday, April 2, 2021. Rattles replace the sound of bells which are according the liturgical tradition flying on Maundy (Holy) Thursday to Rome. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Pancer)

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People with rattles

Tens of people walk with their rattles through the streets of Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic on Good Friday, April 2, 2021. Rattles replace the sound of bells which are according the liturgical tradition flying on Maundy (Holy) Thursday to Rome. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Pancer)

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People with rattles

Tens of people walk with their rattles through the streets of Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic on Good Friday, April 2, 2021. Rattles replace the sound of bells which are according the liturgical tradition flying on Maundy (Holy) Thursday to Rome. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Pancer)

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People with rattles

Tens of people walk with their rattles through the streets of Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic on Good Friday, April 2, 2021. Rattles replace the sound of bells which are according the liturgical tradition flying on Maundy (Holy) Thursday to Rome. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Pancer)