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Europe is full of traditional festivals, where strange figures, vegetation spirits, wild men and monstrous creatures appear.
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Many of these characters are extremely ancient and popular, with rituals associated with seasonal and agricultural cycles.
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These are some of the photos taken by Charles Fréger, a photographer who has traveled for years portraying these masks that he collected for his book “Wilder Mann”.
See all the gorgeous photos and read more about the artist here: https://www.charlesfreger.com/portfolio/wilder-mann/