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Ev'ry year in trinidad&tobago in london-nottinghill, in toronto, in brooklin... people meet to celebrate the caribbean carnival.

Added on: Jan 23, 2001 | Hits: 2225

The week before Chinese New Year, families work hard to clean the house thoroughly, careful to sweep out the evil spirits of the past year, yet also sweeping inward to make sure the family?s wealth is not swept away, as well. Finances are also cleaned up. All debts are paid to save face for the borrower and bring good fortune to all.

Added on: Apr 15, 2001 | Hits: 2238

In streaming rainbows of color, people wearing traditional Korean clothes (hanbok) burst onto streets. Even the most stoic, serious-minded Korean beams with joy. Koreans usher in the Lunar New Year (sul-nahl) in the bosom of their families. It is the day when people visit and honor the elders of the extended household. Younger family members bow repeatedly in deference to their elders, while the elders often give out envelopes containing gifts of money, that are then dutifully tucked away into small traditional purses.

Added on: Apr 15, 2001 | Hits: 2251

Maskweb 2@@2 in perspective with the past, today and future. Carnival in Venice. Photo summery of Venice. Description of Commedia dell' arte. Making of masks yourself. History of the Venetian Carnival. Fabulous costumes beautiful photo's and plenty culture.

Added on: Jun 23, 2002 | Hits: 2263

El Carnaval Dominicano es una de las tradiciones m?s coloridas y celebraciones m?s alegres de la Rep?blica Dominicana. En el mismo participa todo el pueblo, que se lanza a las calles a disfrutar, compartir y celebrar con alegr?a. Su mayor intensidad ocurre a finales del mes de febrero en su ?ltimo fin de semana, aunque dependiendo de la regi?n, se celebra todos los fines de semana del mes de febrero e incluso hasta inicios de marzo. Existen otras fechas particulares en las que algunas poblaciones celebran carnavales aislados, pero con la misma creatividad y entusiasmo mostrado en febrero por toda la naci?n. Pero es febrero el mes de Carnaval en la Rep?blica Dominicana y el j?bilo y la celebraci?n masiva en las calles y clubes sociales son el sello que distingue estas fechas.

Added on: Feb 21, 2001 | Hits: 2291

Links to sites...Masked dances going on here..not all links works at the moment..Come back

Added on: Jan 21, 2001 | Hits: 2296

Roberto Delpiano's Carnival of Venice page offers information on the carnival tradition in Venice, Italy. This site includes lots of information on Commedia and its characters, as well as other carnival traditions

Added on: May 01, 2001 | Hits: 2305

On September 28th and 29th 1996 the eighth Annual Awards event took place in Nelson New Zealand. 245 garments were showcased on a 100 metre long catwalk in the two hour art spectacular The garments were designed by prominent sculptors, fabric designers, paint artists. They were also created by school students, career professionals and Rest Home residents. . The magic was inspiring and many of the spectators went away revelling in re-discovered wonder.

Added on: Feb 11, 2002 | Hits: 2323

A Kim Myong Hee Project "My current work deals with using hand made paper to create life masks of people from all walks of life and all ages. These paper masks are then assembled into murals of varying shapes and sizes. The work is an attempt at finding the real human face beneath the many "faces" all of us use each day. The assembled murals demonstrate both the similarities and differences among people and yet move toward an expression of universal harmony that accentuates a certain shared spirit which dwells within us all." - Kim Myong Hee

Added on: Jun 20, 2002 | Hits: 2331

Lunar New Year Across America A Calendar of Celebrations

Added on: Apr 15, 2001 | Hits: 2340

The town of San Francisco celebrations are relatively young, if compared to Venezia or Rio de Janeiro, but nevertheless its energy it's there to make performers and public vibrate. Parade is always the 4th Sunday of May or Memorial Weekend (thus disconnected from the catholic traditions), the parade lasts one day only and begins at Bryant & 24th at 10am. Then it heads down the Mission Street to 15th where the parade dissolves in beer and more dancing. The show continues until 6pm. Of course the celebration goes on privately after hours, but that's another story

Added on: May 01, 2001 | Hits: 2340

Great site for exploring the wonderful German Mask / Fasnacht tradition. Many masks to be seen here.

Added on: Jan 30, 2001 | Hits: 2404

This years' festival ( 2000 )invites 32 theater troupes (22 French, 3 African, 2 Dutch and 4 Israelis), covering 30 different artistic projects, including 23 ?creations? (recent productions), and 8 coproductions with Chalon-sur-Sa?ne "Abattoir", which is a creation and production site for "street art".

Added on: Jan 03, 2001 | Hits: 2415

Describing the hindu celebration

Added on: Jul 21, 2002 | Hits: 2425

Dia de los Muertos, Oaxaca 2001 Day of the Dead Tour One of the most important holidays in Mexico is Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, when those that have passed on to another life come back to visit their families. Dia de Los Muertos is actually a series of festivities lasting about a week and ending on November 2.

Added on: Jan 12, 2001 | Hits: 2447

Since 1974 The May Day Parade and Festival has been an annual spectacle at Powderhorn Park in Minneapolis, MN. Created by In The Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre with the involvement of the community, it draws together thousands of people every year to celebrate the arrival of spring. In the weeks prior to the first Sunday in May the old Avalon Theatre on Lake Street becomes a huge puppet workshop. Families from the surrounding area, interns from around the world and friends from the neighborhood gather for the workshops and planning sessions. They come together to construct figures, costumes and floats and to develop the themes of the parade which will proceed down Bloomington Avenue to the park on that climactic Sunday.

Added on: Nov 17, 2002 | Hits: 2470

In English - updated version with fotos "The carnival festivities have strong roots in the Opatija region. Their origin is from the time when the key persons were the Zvon?ari, people who, at the beginning of February, dressed in skins of wild animal, wore colourful hats and had cowbells tied to their body. they would go out in the forests in groups to scare out the turkish soldiers, which dates the events to somewhere about 1511, when the last battle took place in this territory."

Added on: Jan 22, 2001 | Hits: 2472

We are an carnival-association who based on old storys about the village "Dettenhausen" in the south of germany. Our masks are handmaded out of wood. We are using the masks only in time of carnival to banish evil creatures.

Added on: Feb 22, 2001 | Hits: 2491

The Virgen del Carmen Festival is one of the most authentic and colorful native religious celebrations in the Andes. It is a wonderful blend of pre-Columbian pagan rites and Roman Catholic worship, in which masked dancers perform powerful symbolic dances and rituals around the eternal battle between good and evil. After exploring and acclimatizing in Cusco, you'll trek and camp in lovely Andean valleys for several days, hiking past small villages and campesinos' farms.

Added on: Nov 04, 2001 | Hits: 2502

photos

Added on: May 01, 2001 | Hits: 2514

The Philadelphia New Years Day Mummers Parade is a tradition of the city that dates back to pre-Colonial times, making it the oldest folk parade in the United States. The parade originates from a blend of Irish, Swedish, Finnish, English, German, and other European heritages. This great celebration of the new year takes place on the 1st of January, every year in Center City

Added on: May 19, 2002 | Hits: 2517

( Italian Version) Carnevale comincia il giorno di Sant' Antonio Abate. Un proverbio lucano, infatti, recita "a Sant'Antuon maschere e suon" il primo segnale dell'arrivo della festa pi? colorata e divertente dell'anno ? dato dal fuoco. In quasi tutti i centri lucani il Santo dei maiali, delle mucche, delle pecore e di tutti gli animali domestici viene ricordato con l'accensione di grandi fal?. I fuochi vengono accesi nelle piazze principali e soprattutto davanti alle chiese perch? vengono benedetti dal parroco.

Added on: Jan 03, 2001 | Hits: 2524

Welcome to our little site dedicated to anything and everything that is Mardi Gras in New Orleans

Added on: Dec 29, 2000 | Hits: 2544

Adding to the festivities at the Punch & Judy Faire and providing a dramatic finale to the week of workshops, activities and performances was the Giant Puppet Parade. Led by drummers and puppeteers from Mali, Africa the parade meandered on a long journey over the grounds of the beautiful University of Washington campus.

Added on: Oct 07, 2002 | Hits: 2545

photos and text lion dance

Added on: Nov 12, 2002 | Hits: 2555