Žan Kafol Aerial & cave photographer SL
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Laufarija (Cerkno)

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Carnival masks at the Laufarija carnival in Cerkno

A carved Laufarija mask peers from a thick costume of moss and evergreen branches during the Cerkno carnival.
A horned wooden Laufarija mask is framed by fresh evergreen branches during the Cerkno carnival.
Ta terjast appears in close-up at Laufarija, wearing a red carved face beneath a long white rope-fibre headdress.
Profile portrait of the Laufarija figure Ta hrastov, wearing a yellow dotted wooden mask and black hat.
The Laufarija character Ta smrekov wears a living cloak and headdress of dense green spruce branches.
Ta žakljev smiles through a smooth painted mask beneath a rough grey hood at Cerkno's Laufarija.