SPAIN

A masked man "La Vijanera" waits prior to the start of the carnival in Silio, northern Spanish province of Cantabria, on January 4, 2015. The celebration of "La Vijanera" is the first carnaval on the calendar in Europe and is a colorful masquerade involving approximately 60 characters (all male) that groups diffierent acts with a desire to banish the last year and pave the way to the next year.