Awakening spring
A man parades with a pumpkin on his head during carnival celebrations in Spain’s Basque country.
Performers known as Joaldunak dance through the streets from village to village, the cow-bells attached to their sheepskin costumes rhythmically ringing out.
The ritual, which is thought to date back thousands of years, is held to ward off evil sprits and awaken the spring, and is among Basque traditions once banned in Spain.
Villagers prepare their costumes in a field.
A man wearing a costume decorated with soft toys walks with a child.
Children wearing wigs stand in a doorway.
Dancers parade through Zubieta.
A man lifts the skirt of another dressed as Britain's Queen Elizabeth alongside another man wearing a mask depicting Prince Charles.
A man pushes a giant rake.
A man wearing a pumpkin on his head is helped after falling over.
A man dressed as a priest gives last rites to a figure wearing the mask of Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, Duchess of Alba.
Carcasses hang from a farmhouse.
