Bulgarian Demon Chasers. Photography: Aron Klein. Source
“Kukeri is an ancient pagan ritual practiced annually across the Balkan mountain regions where local men wear carved wooden masks of beasts’ faces and hang heavy bells around their waists as they perform arcane dances,” says London-based photographer Aron Klein. The Kukeri Project is Aron’s magical and dreamlike series that consists of hypnotic images of large men in carnivalesque costumes, posing menacingly in the wintry Bulgarian mountains.
Daniel Rabel (Paris,1578-1637), Première entrée des fantômes, quatre figures. 1632. Feuillet d'un ensemble de dessins se rapportant au Ballet du château de Bicêtre dansé le 8 mars 1632 au Louvre.