Bulgarian dancers known as 'Kukeri' wait for their performance during the International Festival of the Masquerade Games in Pernik near the capital Sofia, on February 3, 2013. The three-day festival, which started on February 1, has participants sporting multi-colored masks, covered with beads, ribbons and woolen tassels while the main dancer, ladened with bells to drive away sickness and evil spirits, sways like a wheat spikelet heavy with grain. AFP PHOTO / NIKOLAY DOYCHINOV