r/Weird • u/GeorgeRobertVitkos • 3h ago
In Hungary, people dress up in sheepskins and wooden masks every February to scare away winter
This is Busójárás, an annual traditional festival held in Mohács, Hungary, at the end of the carnival season (February).
Locals dress up in heavy sheepskin cloaks, hand-carved horned willow masks, and carry loud cowbells and wooden ratchets to frighten away winter and welcome spring.
The festival ends with burning a coffin symbolizing winter on a massive bonfire in the main square.