 In this photo taken on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015 Joaldunaks, also called ''Zanpantzar'', eat in a restaurant on their way to take part on the Carnival between of the Pyrenees villages of Ituren and Zubieta, northern Spain.  While Rio de Janeiro may boast the worldís most famous carnival, the festive period of masquerades and wild and colorful costumes that precedes the Christian religious season of Lent is also a permanent and popular fixture for celebration in Spain and Portugal, with each country having its own strange and unique way of doing it. The Pyrenees villages of Ituren and Zubieta stage one of Europeís most ancient carnivals _ dating from Roman times _ where residents dress up as figures known as ëJoaldunak,í _ or cowbells _ and parade the streets with sheepskins around the waist and shoulder, conical caps and cowbells on their back. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos) 