Mask Makers Web

USA - Group that does it all.. Make masks, performs, teaches......

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This article is a trip around the world of carnival. It is in danish, but it contains a link collection about carnival in German and English.

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The Grand Council of the Haudenosaunee, The Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy, issues the following policy statement regarding all medicine masks of the Haudenosaunee:

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Briefly about the traditions

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Brief article - but the site is very informative as a whole

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Thanks to the efforts in academe and of artisans and live performers, there has been a revival of interest in folklore in different parts of India over the last two decades. What has kept this revival from evolving into a movement was perhaps the absence of a coordinating factor to integrate these efforts

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A CASE STUDY OF THE MASK DANCE AT LAMASERY OF BSAM YAS BY Guo Jing (Professor of Yunnan Academy of Social Sciences, Kunming, PRC)

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By a Korean Professor ...

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Nice masks shown here.

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"The smell of candles and incense and chants in Pali combined to make the atmosphere sacred at an ancient ceremony held at the National Theater recently. With senous faces and attentive eyes, in the ceremony, with all attention centered on what was happening on stage. "

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T he diverse arts and culture of Thailand have a fascination of their very own, and one of the most fascinating is Thai classical dance and its rituals and traditions.

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In many of the dances, the head cover identifies the character being performed. The jeweled crown head-dresses (chada) that are worn are all much the same, but for the Khon, the mask is the character.

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Some Photos and text from different traditions.

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(french version) Lots of groups. La vocation principale de Lieux Publics est la cr?ation d'?v?nements artistiques et festifs dans les espaces libres et ouverts des villes. Ces cr?ations s'appuient sur la tradition des Arts de la Rue et exp?rimentent de nouvelles formes d'?criture et de composition ? l'?chelle des environnements urbains modernes. Le th??tre, la danse, la musique, les arts forains et de prouesses, les arts plastiques, l'audiovisuel et les effets sp?ciaux sont les disciplines constitutives des ?v?nements de Lieux publics. Chaque projet g?n?re une mise en sc?ne et une sc?nographie urbaine originale et sp?cifique au site investi.

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Submitted by Sarah Morgan, art teacher, Broadwater Academy in Exmore, VA

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Discusses the culture of the indigenous people of New Guinea, including body decoration and mask making.

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Discusses the use of basket yam masks in the harvest festivities of the Abelam people. Offers links to other New Guinea cultural pages. + PHOTOS

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Ancestors are important, but not necessarily revered. The important quality is called imunu, the power that pervades things, including ritual objects. Imunu is personified in the masked ceremonies.

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Mask costumes and figures made of cane framework covered with basket wickerwork or bark cloth (tapa) were central to many Papua Gulf ceremonies + PHOTOS

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The dance dramas performed on Java and Bali probably originated in ancient rituals honoring the ancestors and for the deities of planting and harvest. Later, Hindu and Islamic religious beliefs added to the richness of the ceremonial stories...+PHOTOS

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Traditions,performing,etc.....Very very informative...Take your time

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"So, masked dances as an outflow of religious practices were apparently already know in Java around 1000 A.D. Also, in the 13th century A.D., during the heyday of the East Java-based Majapahit empire, masked dances and wayang shadow plays were part of certain death rituals......"

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A transformation mask is a large mask with movable parts that can be opened and closed. These complex masks are worn by Kwakiutl dancers in special ceremonies.

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+ Photos + sale The ?vejigante? is a make-believe character, full of energy and color. The vejigante masks are a classical example of the fusion of African, Spanish and Caribbean cultures in Puerto Rico. Masks are made from paper mache, coconut shells, metal and gourd plant

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+ short description

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