![A woman seen with a bear skin during an end of year festival. People in Trotus Valley in Romania dress into bear skins and dance to chase away bad luck and bring A woman seen with a bear skin during an end of year festival. People in Trotus Valley in Romania dress into bear skins and dance to chase away bad luck and bring](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/RABY8D/a-woman-seen-with-a-bear-skin-during-an-end-of-year-festival-people-in-trotus-valley-in-romania-dress-into-bear-skins-and-dance-to-chase-away-bad-luck-and-bring-happiness-and-blessing-to-their-village-in-the-past-roma-people-captured-and-raised-wild-bears-and-used-them-as-performance-animals-for-money-people-believed-that-bears-can-heal-illnesses-and-bring-strength-to-them-after-keeping-bears-was-forbidden-people-started-to-dance-in-bear-skins-to-keep-the-new-year-tradition-alive-the-price-of-a-skin-can-be-as-high-as-3000-euro-RABY8D.jpg)
A woman seen with a bear skin during an end of year festival. People in Trotus Valley in Romania dress into bear skins and dance to chase away bad luck and bring
![Romania's new year bear dancers – Alecsandra Raluca Drăgoi's best photograph | Photography | The Guardian Romania's new year bear dancers – Alecsandra Raluca Drăgoi's best photograph | Photography | The Guardian](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/53c3595499a72bc715c65f2c117488e67be2be6a/0_204_3060_1836/master/3060.jpg?width=1200&height=900&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&s=d2e8d899d75e6f134aa050de02f37d55)
Romania's new year bear dancers – Alecsandra Raluca Drăgoi's best photograph | Photography | The Guardian
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People seen dressed in bear skins dancing during the event. At the end of the year and the New Year ís Day, people in Trotus Valley in Romania dress into bear skins
![🐻 Bear 💤 on Twitter: "Did you know that in Romania, the town of Comănești has a new-year festival where they dress as bears and dance? https://t.co/HARgb2jXT0" / Twitter 🐻 Bear 💤 on Twitter: "Did you know that in Romania, the town of Comănești has a new-year festival where they dress as bears and dance? https://t.co/HARgb2jXT0" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FTNuH90XsAEmBKU.jpg)