In Romania the New year bear dance In the World : Vladim

In the town of Comanesti in Romania, local residents staged an unusual action. Participants dressed up in bear costumes and started dancing to the rhythmic beat of the drums and the sounds of pan flutes.

Costumed clumsy under such accompaniment marched through the streets of the city. It is noted that this ritual has a long Gypsy roots. Its purpose is to protect people from evil spirits, who disturbed the peace and prosperity of the living. Now it has adapted to the ethnic traditions of the Romanian. The bear in the country since ancient times was considered a symbol of health and luck, so the participants of the procession.

Themselves are toed in the country in an ambiguous position. On the one hand, they revere and believe the defenders, and with another – in September of the current year was repealed the ban on bear hunting. The authorities explained their decision by the fact that cases of attacks of animals on people. Skeptics, however, are not enthusiastic about this method of security. According to them, shooting a bear will only provoke them to attack people and their homes.