Competitors on sleighs and skis are pulled along by horses in a neck-breaking race through Polish mountains on January 28, 2019, in Male Ciche Lichajowki, Poronin, Poland. /VCG Photo

Known as Kumoterki, the event sees participants take part in various races such as sleigh racing, skiing with ridden horses as well as skirting, in which skiers are pulled along by a free-running horse. /VCG Photo

The sleigh racing involving two-people teams, traditionally long-married couples, is one of the top attractions of the carnival and often draws in scores of visitors and tourists. /VCG Photo

The festival, now in its 25th year, gives the local highlanders an opportunity to show their embellished sleighs and colorful costumes to outsiders. /VCG Photo