Bulgarian Kukeri dancers ‘drive out evil spirits’ in traditional festival | AFP

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Bulgarian Kukeri dancers 'drive out evil spirits' in traditional festival | AFP

Covered in bells and touting lit torches, dancers perform during Bulgaria’s Kukeri Carnival, with rituals meant to send off the old year and drive away evil spirits. The impressive, hand-made costumes, as well as the characters they represent, are "passed down from father to son, from grandfather to grandson," says dance leader Kaycho Velichkov.

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