(AP Photo/Virginia Mayo) Giant re-creations of the cotton and wax mask worn by the Gilles de Binche sit atop of poles in Binche, Belgium, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021.

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The costumes include ostrich-feather hats, wooden clogs, bells and wax masks, elements which the Kersten family have been designing and making for five generations.

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Europe's oldest Mardi Gras celebration known as the Binche Mardi Gras has its first carnival since the Covid-19 pandemic.

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BRUSSELS — A familiar sight from the pandemic is returning to Belgium. Belgian health authorities on Tuesday issued a "code orange" alert as the country faces a sharp rise in influenza cases, which ...

The UNESCO-listed event starts three days before Lent and reaches its climax on Mardi Gras, when the Gilles — in wax masks sporting green spectacles and thin moustaches — dance in their wooden ...

Although the return of the Kakungu mask may well have inflamed the violence, the conflict has deeper roots. It began with a disagreement over land rights.