Malanka Festival

Kostiantyn Pleshka, 35, left, and Kostiantyn Iliuts, 28, dressed in nurse costumes, pose for a portrait during celebrations of the Malanka Festival on Thursday, January 14, 2016 in Krasnoilsk, Ukraine. The annual celebrations, which consist of costumed villagers going in a group from house to house singing, playing music, and performing skits, began the previous sundown, went all night, and will last until evening. According to tradition, married men are only able to take part in Malanka wearing a mask.

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Kostiantyn Pleshka, 35, left, and Kostiantyn Iliuts, 28, dressed in nurse costumes, pose for a portrait during celebrations of the Malanka Festival on Thursday, January 14, 2016 in Krasnoilsk, Ukraine. The annual celebrations, which consist of costumed villagers going in a group from house to house singing, playing music, and performing skits, began the previous sundown, went all night, and will last until evening. According to tradition, married men are only able to take part in Malanka wearing a mask.