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Helvetia, West Virginia

Fasnacht, an annual celebration in Helvetia, West Virginia (pop. 70), marks the end of winter and the beginning of Lent.

With roots in Switzerland, where many of Helvetia's original settlers came from, the Fasnacht festival includes a moonlit parade, square dance, and an effigy burning of Old Man Winter.

"Little girls dance with their dads and old couples shuffle their feet," said photographer and National Geographic Young Explorer McDermott. "It feels like nothing in the world could possibly go wrong."

—Photograph by Andrew Owen

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