PHOTO OLI SCARFF, AGENCY FRANCE-PRESSE
Members of the Britannia Coconut Dancers of Bacup, with faces blackened to avoid recognition by evil spirits, take part in the Easter Saturday closing parade in Bacup, a town near Manchester, UK. The origins of the dance troupe are said to date back to 1857, and its annual folk dances are meant to welcome the spring season and celebrate Easter.