In Russia, Accordian Plays You
Russian Cossacks perform a traditional dance with sabres during the annual Mansky tourist three-day-long festival, dedicated to the opening of the amateur rafting season, near the Mana river near the settlement of Beret in the Siberian Taiga, about 75 km (47 miles) east of the Russian city of Krasnoyarsk, June 22, 2012. Local nature-lovers, fans of ecological tourism and devotees of the festival have gathered for more than 30 years, to travel by self-made rafts to take part in the overnight festivities and rest around campfires. Picture taken June 22, 2012.