WILD MAN FESTIVALS

 

WILD MAN FESTIVALS

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Images used (all Public Domain Unless Noted)

 

Kukeri from Bulgaria.

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Brezhani Kukeri. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brezhani_kukeri_(babugeri).jpg

 

Kukeri Dragodanovo-Surva 2012. CCA SA 3.0 U https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kukeri_Dragodanovo-Surva_2012_03.JPG

 

Kukeri E2 CCA SA 3.0 U Elena Chochkova  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kukeri_E2.jpg

 

Kukeri razlog  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kukeri_razlog.JPG

 

Kukeri Rodopi. CCA SA 3.0 U https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=Kukeri+Rodopi&title=Special:MediaSearch&go=Go&type=image

 

Kukeri E002 CCA SA 4.0 I Eola  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kukeri_E002.jpg

 

Burgas Kukeri 03  CCA SA 3.0 U Cherubino   https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Burgas-Ethnographic-museum-kukeri-03.JPG

 

Careto CCA SA 2.0 GENERIC. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Careto.png

 

Caretos a solta CCA SA 4.0 I Helderrobalo  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Caretos_à_solta.jpg

 

Carnival de Podence CCA SA 2.0 G Rosino https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carnaval_de_Podence_2008_17.jpg

 

Casa do Careto. CCA SA 4.0 I Joseolgon. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Casa_do_Careto_(6).jpg

 

Caretos from Lazarim. CCA SA 4.0 I. Helia Marcos  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Caretos_from_Lazarim.jpg

 

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Careto de Podence CCA SA 4.0 I Sunnyorange. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Careto_de_Podence.jpg

 

Mamoiada Costume 12 CCA SA 4.0 I Gianni Careddu. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mamoiada_-_Costume_tradizionale_(12).JPG

 

Mamuthones e issohadore CCA SA 4.0 I Aggrucar https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mamuthones_e_issohadore.jpg

 

Mamuthones PRC90  CCA SA 3.0 U https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mamuthones_durante_la_sfilata.jpg

 

Costume Sarde1 CCA SA 3.0 U Yugiz. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Costume_Sarde1.jpg

 

Mamuthones Ballore CCA SA 3.0 U. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mamuthones-FotoBallore.jpg

 

Mamuthone 2 CCA SA 4.0 I. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MAMUTHONE_(2).jpg

 

Mamoiada Costume Gianni Careddu CCA SA 4.0 I. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mamoiada_-_Costume_tradizionale_(14).JPG

 

Mamuthones e issohadore Gregu61. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mamuthone_e_Issohadore_di_Mamoiada.jpg

 

Mamoiada Costume Gianni Careddu CCA SA 4.0 I. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mamoiada_-_Costume_tradizionale_(09).JPG

 

Chodzenie https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chodzenie_z_turoniem.jpg

 

Wesolych Swiat!  GLAM_WIKI https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wesolych_Swiat!_1927-1947_(79375821).jpg

 

Turonie Krakow 04  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Turonie_Krakow_04.jpg

 

Turonie Krakow 02   https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Turonie_Krakow_02.jpg

 

Wesolych Swiat!  Okolo 1920. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wesolych_Swiat!_okolo_1920_(80003065).jpg

 

Turon Head CCO 1.0 UPDD Seweryn Udziela Museum Karkow  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Turoń_head_from_Stary_Sącz.png

 

Turon, Plock CCA SA 4.0 I. Qkiel. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Turoń,_Płock.jpg

 

Wesolych Swiat!  Przed 1939 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wesolych_Swiat!_przed_1939_(79275528).jpg

 

Chodzenie-z-turoniem. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chodzenie-z-turoniem_pocztowka.jpg

 

Gruss vom Krampus https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gruss_vom_Krampus.jpg

 

Mikulas a Krampus. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mikuláš_a_Krampus_1901.jpg

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Krampus Postkarte um 1900 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Krampus-Postkarte_um_1900.jpg

 

Medimurski fasnjak 2015 CCA SA 3.0 U Silverije. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Međimurski_fašnjak_2015._-_Svetomartinski_krampus.jpg

 

Krampus Weissbach CCA SA 4.0 I. Niederberger Lukas. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:KrampusWeissbach.jpg

 

Krampus Toblach. CCA SA 3.0 U. Luca Lorenzi (Llorenzi). https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Krampus_Toblach.jpg

 

Krampus Morzger Pass CCA SA 3.0 U MatthiasKabel  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Krampus_Morzger_Pass_Salzburg_2008_04.jpg

 

Krampus 1900s  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Krampus_1900s_4.jpg

SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY

AND FURTHER READING SUGGESTIONS 

 

Rosenberg, David “Capturing the Still-Practiced Pagan Rituals of Europe”.  12 April 2013 SLATE Accessed 12 Oct 2023.  https://slate.com/culture/2013/04/charles-freger-wilder-mann-examines-pagan-rituals-throughout-europe-photos.html

 

Jimmy Joe “Babugeri: What You Need To Know About The Bulgarian Ritual”  Timeless Myths Accessed 12 Oct 2023. https://www.timelessmyths.com/culture-people/babugeri/

 

Taylor, Victoria “Old rituals and Traditions live on in modern Europe’s ‘wild men’ who chase away winter and bring fertile spring”  NY Daily News 23 March 2013. Accessed 25 Dec 2022.

https://www.nydailynews.com/2013/03/23/old-rituals-and-traditions-live-on-in-modern-europes-wild-men-who-chase-away-winter-and-bring-fertile-spring/

 

Stinson, Liz “The Bizarre, Eye-Popping Costumes of Europe’s Wild Men”. 27 August 2013. WIRED.com  Accessed 25 Dec 2023. https://www.wired.com/2013/08/the-gorgeous-costumes-of-europes-wild-men/

 

“International Kukeri Festival in Pernik, Bulgaria”  Studyenglishtoday.com. Accessed 13 Oct 2023. https://www.studyenglishtoday.net/kukeri-festival-pernik.html 

 

Aleksandrova, Dayana  “Bulgaria’s Surva Festival Is a Scary Parade of Monsters That Has Nothing To Do With Halloween”  7 Dec 2020  Matador Network. Accessed 13 Oct 2023. https://matadornetwork.com/read/bulgarias-surva-festival-scary-parade-monsters-nothing-halloween/

 

Strike, Karen. “European Masquerades: Pagan Costumes of The Light Continent’s Wilder Men”. 24 Jan 2016 FLASHBAK. Accessed 25 Dec 2022. https://flashbak.com/european-masquerades-pagan-costumes-of-the-light-continents-wilder-men-52285/

 

Nicol, Bonnie. “5 Obscure Pagan Festivals Around The World”. LONELY PLANET 5 Oct 2020 Accessed 25 Dec 2022. https://www.lonelyplanet.com/articles/obscure-pagan-festivals-around-the-world

 

“Europe’s Wild Men” National Geographic  Accessed 25 Dec 2022. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/article/europe-wild-men

 

Sim, David & Eve Watling “In Photos: Europe’s Most Wonderful Festivals”  9-3-2018 Accessed 6 Oct 2023. https://www.newsweek.com/europes-unique-festivals-weird-and-wonderful-images-ancient-traditions-and-1102710

 

Freger, Charles  “Wilder Mann”. Accessed 25 Dec 2023. https://www.charlesfreger.com/portfolio/wilder-mann-fr/

 

 

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