AP PHOTOS: Dancing with the bears lives on as a unique custom in Romania
by Vadim Ghirda and Andreea Alexandru
Jan 01, 2024
2 minutes
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
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