Mamou's Courir de Mardi Gras

                   
                  

couldn't help but be struck by the similarity to?...

Wren Day, also known as Wren's Day, Day of the Wren, or Hunt the Wren Day (Irish: Lá an Dreoilín), is celebrated on 26 December, St. Stephen's Day in a number of countries across Europe. The tradition consists of "hunting" a fake wren and putting it on top of a decorated pole. Then the crowds of mummers, or strawboys, celebrate the wren (also pronounced wran) by dressing up in masks, straw suits, and colourful motley clothing. They form music bands and parade through towns and villages. These crowds are sometimes called wrenboys.
[Wikipedia]

The wren has a very old mythology...

['Troglodyte Troglodyte', latin name..]

have you heard about the bird? hhahha