Jester Float at Seaside Carnival

A giant, colorful papier-mâché jester float towers over a large crowd on a seaside promenade during a carnival, with confetti falling in the air under the light of a low sun.

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A rider wearing a black top hat and white lace veil rides a horse at a gallop down a sand-covered street during the Sa Sartiglia festival in Oristano, illuminated by the warm, dusty glow of the low sun.

A high-angle view of a carnival parade in Binche, Belgium, featuring marchers in traditional costumes with large white ostrich-feather hats and oranges being thrown through the air.

Horned figures cloaked in ivy perform the Salt de Plens during the La Patum festival in a dark, crowded square, with firecrackers on their horns emitting fountains of sparks into the smoky air under golden-lit stone arcades.

A samba dancer viewed from behind, wearing an elaborate turquoise and gold feathered headdress and costume, performs under bright floodlights before a large crowd at night.

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A costumed figure representing the Befana descends on a rope from a brick bell tower in a crowded town square in Urbania, Italy, under the warm light of a low winter sun.

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Dancers in elaborate, traditional Diablada costumes with horned masks and sequinned capes perform in a street parade under bright sunlight.

A giant, multi-armed demon effigy is carried on a bamboo platform by a crowd of people holding torches during an Ogoh-ogoh parade at dusk in Bali.

A religious procession featuring a silver statue of a saint under a canopy moves through a crowded street in Pamplona, with dancers in traditional white and red attire performing amidst golden sunlight and incense smoke.

A high-angle view of the Narrensprung parade in Rottweil, featuring participants in traditional white linen costumes and wooden masks moving through a crowded, narrow street on a cold, sunny morning.

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A festive scene at the Cologne Carnival features a large papier-mâché jester head on a parade float, with sweets and tulips being tossed into the air against the backdrop of the Cologne Cathedral during a sunny day.

A man dressed as a king waves from an ornate, illuminated float during a street parade at twilight, accompanied by camels and handlers, with festive lights hanging above the crowd.

A large, burning papier-mâché figure stands in the center of a crowded Piazza Maggiore in Bologna at night, with the Basilica of San Petronio illuminated in the background.

A large crowd of people covered in glitter walks behind a plain white trio elétrico truck along the Ondina seafront in Salvador at dawn, with confetti scattered on the asphalt and the Atlantic Ocean visible to the right.

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A large crowd of people dances in a cobblestone square at night, silhouetted against a brightly floodlit stage with hazy golden light, in front of a large gothic-style church.

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A high-angle view of the feast of Sant'Agata in Catania at night, showing a large crowd of devotees in white robes pulling a silver reliquary carriage along a street illuminated by golden candlelight and smoke.

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A large, colorful, multi-tiered monument is engulfed in flames in a narrow city square at night, with firefighters spraying water from hoses over the structure as a crowd watches from behind metal barriers.

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A large, burning falla sculpture made of painted figures is engulfed in flames in a city square at night, surrounded by a crowd of onlookers behind metal barriers.

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Three large papier-mâché heads, representing a jester, a chef, and a stern man in a tricorn hat, are carried through a crowded street in Mainz during a parade, viewed from an elevated window in bright winter sunlight.

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A large crowd of people dances around a towering sound truck with magenta lights at a carnival event near the Farol da Barra lighthouse in Salvador, Bahia, during a sunset.

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A group of Fofões in colorful, floral-patterned costumes and large masks walk down a cobblestone street lined with blue and white tiled colonial buildings in São Luís under bright midday sun.

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