Bulgarian goat people

No, these pictures don't show Sasquatches. They show people participating in the Bulgarian Kukeri ritual, meant to scare evil spirits away from villages. Though if I saw someone dressed up like this wandering through a forest, I might think it was Sasquatch.

The Blood and Oats blog explains:

Young people (traditionally only men, but now of both sexes) dress up in elaborate, animalistic and celebratory costumes, usually made of goat skin in some way representing the goat. At the culmination of the festival, a kukeri is strapped to a plough, 'dies', and then sprinkled with seeds and is 'reborn'. His goatskin costume is then buried in seven different fields.

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Posted By: Alex - Fri Aug 01, 2014
Category: Ceremonies | Headgear

Comments

OMG!!! There is a whole country of Cousin Its!

Posted by KDP on 08/01/14 at 09:54 AM

A Sweetums Family portrait? :lol: :coolsmile:

Posted by Tyrusguy on 08/01/14 at 10:33 AM

There's something similar here in Greece also.

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 08/01/14 at 12:54 PM

Now who in their right mind would mistake one of these for Bigfoot?
These are obviously Bigheads!

Posted by captain DaFt on 08/01/14 at 06:22 PM

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