A series of European Folk Costumes

Is that bear hanging massive dong?

Joulupukki

Estonia

That's Finnish lol, in Estonia it'd be called Jõulusokk (sokk meaning both sock and stag), never seen anyone don the costume in the parts of the country I've lived in, but folk costumes differ by region even in our tiny country.

Most folk costumes are very different from this though.

Anyone have context for the purpose or use of these costumes? They seem very intricate and some are more nightmare material (at least to me)

Bulgaria

These are awesome I want these to be my daily wear.

You cannot tell me some of those ain't jist ancient fursonas. Looking at you specifically Ursul and Orso

Missed Slovenia (Kurent)

I was thinking some of these look like ghillie suits used by the military, but TIL from Wikipedia that those may actually have a folk origin:

The term ghillie suit may be a reference to the Ghillie Dhu, an earth spirit in Scottish mythology clothed in leaves and moss.

Portugal and whatever the fuck this is

hah hah peanus