Three Kings, Sopotnia Mała, Poland

Greetings from the mountains of cold Poland! (-10 degrees Celsius). Photographing the Three Kings celebration, traditionally the opening of Carnaval season in Europe. Accompanying the Three Kings in early January from house to house in this small mountain community, Augustus and the Jew are the troublemakers. Augustus is the comic relief, going through women’s drawers, stealing eggs from the refrigerator, tracking dirt and mud through the house and falling down a lot. Meanwhile, the Three Kings perform a more formal song and dance with the owner of the house to ring in the New Year.