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Party Animals

SKYROS, GREECE

CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN/AFP/GETTY

Men wearing goatskin masks, hairy jackets and dozens of copper bells take part in a pre-Lenten festival, the Skyrian Carnival, on March 9. The costume signifies the “Old Man”—a character who dances, clangs and sometimes brawls through town—accompanied by a male partner dressed as a bride.

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