Costumed giant characters, Gigantes de Irunako Erraldoiak, during San Fermin Fiesta at Pamplona, Navarre, Northern Spain

Costumed giant characters, Gigantes de Irunako Erraldoiak, during San Fermin Fiesta at Pamplona, Navarre, Northern Spain

Dancers in costumes re-enact Elizabethan Days in Middle England, United Kingdom

Dancers in costumes re-enact Elizabethan days and traditional dance in Middle England, United Kingdom

Kathakali dance, Chuvanna Thaadi character, Kerala, southern India, Asia

Kathakali dance, Pachcha or Pacha character, Kerala, southern India, Asia

Kathakali dance, Pachcha or Pacha character, Kerala, southern India, Asia

Kathakali dance, Pachcha or Pacha character, Kerala, southern India, Asia

Man wearing a Lucifer costume strangling a smiling woman, crude carnival characters and satirical sculptures at a parade, Fallas festival, Falles festival in Valencia in early spring, Spain, Europe

Kathakali dance, Chuvanna Thaadi character, Kerala, southern India, Asia

Kathakali dance, Minukku character, Kerala, southern India, Asia

Kathakali dance, Chuvanna Thaadi character, Kerala, southern India, Asia

Walt Disney World Resort, Florida, USA

Crude carnival characters and satirical sculptures, woman filming a gay wedding, Fallas festival, Falles festival in Valencia in early spring, Spain, Europe

Basque man with a stuck-up nose wearing a beret, crude carnival characters and satirical sculptures at a parade, Fallas festival, Falles festival in Valencia in early spring, Spain, Europe

Crude carnival characters and satirical sculptures at a parade, Fallas festival, Falles festival in Valencia in early spring, Spain, Europe

Woman dominating a man, footmen rolling out the red carpet, crude carnival characters and satirical sculptures at a parade, Fallas festival, Falles festival in Valencia in early spring, Spain, Europe

Crude carnival characters and satirical sculptures at a parade, Fallas festival, Falles festival in Valencia in early spring, Spain, Europe

Crude carnival characters and satirical sculptures at a parade, Fallas festival, Falles festival in Valencia in early spring, Spain, Europe

Krampus character, Perchtenlauf parade, Siezenheim, Salzburg, Austria, Europe

Crude carnival characters and satirical sculptures at a parade, Fallas festival, Falles festival in Valencia in early spring, Spain, Europe

Crude carnival characters and satirical sculptures at a parade, Fallas festival, Falles festival in Valencia in early spring, Spain, Europe

Donald Duck in a parade at Walt Disney World, Florida, USA

Urzeln characters of the Saxons of Transylvania, carnival parade, Muensing, Upper Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Perchtenlauf traditional festival with demon characters in Bad Heilbrunn, Upper Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Krampus characters, Perchtenlauf parade, Siezenheim, Salzburg, Austria, Europe