Žan Kafol Aerial & cave photographer SL
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Laufarija Cerkno 2009

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A Laufarija performer wears a pale yellow perforated wooden mask and black hat in Cerkno.
Ta smrekov fills the frame in a carved brown mask surrounded by a dense headdress of spruce branches.
Two traditional Laufarija figures, one in straw and one with a chef-like mask, stand together in Cerkno.
The masked Laufarija characters Ta pijan and Ta pijana stand together in Cerkno wearing dark clothes and exaggerated painted faces.
Ta pijan, a traditional Laufarija character, appears in close-up wearing a carved mask and pale head covering.
A lone paraglider floats high in a pale winter sky above the Laufarija carnival in Cerkno.
The Laufarija character Ta koševa smiles through a long-nosed wooden mask and basket-like costume.
Ta Hrastov stands outdoors in a yellow long-nosed mask, black hat and bright red waistcoat during Laufarija.
Ta kožuhov wears a dark wooden mask and thick white fur during the Laufarija carnival in Cerkno.
The Laufarija character Ta stara bends beside a costumed animal figure, holding a wooden staff and wearing a pale carved mask.
A Laufarija figure wearing a smooth painted mask and beige hood fills the close-up frame.
Close portrait of a Laufarija carnival figure wearing a smooth yellow mask, black hat and long pale fringe.
Two shaggy Ta terjasta carnival figures embrace, their red wooden masks framed by pale fibres.
Ta žakljev appears in close-up wearing a smooth painted mask and a rough grey hood during Cerkno's Laufarija.