The transformation of man to beast is a central aspect of
traditional pagan rituals that are centuries old and which
celebrate the seasonal cycle, fertility, life and death. Each year,
throughout Europe, from Scotland to Bulgaria, from Finland to
Italy, from Portugal to Greece via France, Switzerland and Germany,
people literally put themselves into the skin of the 'savage', in
masquerades that stretch back centuries. By becoming a bear, a
goat, a stag or a wild boar, a man of straw, a devil or a monster
with jaws of steel, these people celebrate the cycle of life and of
the seasons. Their costumes, made of animal skins or of plants, and
decorated with bones, encircled with bells, and capped with horns
or antlers, amaze us with their extraordinary diversity and
prodigious beauty. Work on this project took photographer Charles
Freger to eighteen European countries in search of the mythological
figure of the Wild Man: Austria, Italy, Hungary, Slovenia,
Slovakia, Spain, Poland, Portugal, Germany, Greece, Macedonia,
Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Croatia, Finland, Romania
and the UK.
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