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Comanesti, a small industrial town in northeast Romania, attracts global visitors during the winter holiday season.The annual Dancing Bears Festival in Comanesti is based on a millennia-old tradition from the Moldavia region, featuring bearskin-clad participants.The festival begins before Christmas and culminates with a finale on Dec. 30. A small industrial town in northeast Romania may

In the winter, a small town in northeast Romania becomes an unexpected tourist hotspot as people from around the world flock to witness the annual Dancing Bears Festival.

COMANESTI, Romania (AP) — A small industrial town in northeast Romania may seem like an unlikely tourist destination, but Comanesti is where huge numbers of visitors from as far away

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A small industrial town in northeast Romania may seem like an unlikely tourist destination, but Comanesti is where huge numbers of visitors from as far away as Japan choose to spend part of the winter holiday season. They converge here to see an annual event that grew out of a millennia-old tradition in the Moldavia region: Bearskin-clad people of all ages, organized in packs, marching and dancing to the deafening sound of drums in several rows of gaping jaws and claws.

COMANESTI, Romania — A small industrial town in northeast Romania may seem like an unlikely tourist destination, but Comanesti is where huge numbers of visitors from as far away as

COMANESTI, Romania (AP) -- Centuries ago, people in what is now northeastern Romania donned bear skins and danced to fend off evil spirits. That custom is today known as the Dancing Bears Festival, drawing crowds of tourists every December.

AP – Centuries ago, people in what is now northeastern Romania donned bear skins and danced to fend off evil spirits. That custom is today known as the Dancing Bears Festival, drawing crowds of tourists every December. Hundreds of people of all ages, clad in bear costumes, dance every year around Christmas to the deafening […]

Hundreds of people of all ages, clad in bear costumes, dance every year around Christmas to the deafening beat of drums and roam villages and towns

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