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As well as the famous golden mask of Tutankhamun and the less well known solid gold mask of Psusennes there are several other masks on display in collections throughout the world. Such is the power of these beautiful objects that photographs can never fully do them justice.

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Rare artifacts on display in Anchorage By Liz Ruskin Daily News Reporter

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Iroquois Pueblo Navajo Kwakiutl

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Yup'ik Eskimo dance

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( Offers NOH - TRAINING)NOH Noh is a classical Japanese performance form which combines elements of dance, drama, music and poetry into one highly aesthetic stage art. Kyogen is the classical comic theater which balances the more serious Noh. While Noh is musical in nature, Kyogen emphasizes dialogue

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an essay by Margaret Cumming

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are known internationally. Juan Orta has had exhibitions at the Art Institute in Chicago, the Field Museum of Natural History, Brown University and many other places. Their masks are used in the State of Michoac?n for dancing. This picture depicts a miniature mask called Astucia, 2" x 2", that was awarded an artisan prize. Technique: Don Juan works primarily with wood. The first step is to carve the mask, then it is let to dry under the sun and latter is polished with sand paper. The beauty of this masks come not only from the carving but form the painting. They specialize in the creation of devil masks with serpents around the face. They also carve animal masks and miniature masks.

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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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from a privat site

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No difference is made by the Bamana between puppets and masks; both are called 'mask', and serve the same purpose: to represent mythical and symbolic beings through concealed human beings. The masked dancers also represent mythical animals, like Ngofariman, the Mean Chimpanzee. He is a very provocative character and dances around kicking up a (sand-)storm and approaching women in a lewd way. Taasidoonin (Think a Little), a sexy woman, dances in a rather teasing and voluptuous manner. Bilanjan, a sogo entirely made of straw, and who only may be seen at night, is a bush-spirit.

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Fall99 TDR: The Drama Review By Bell, John Magazine: TDR: The Drama Review, Fall 1999

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Rediscovering Coyote and Raven The ancient art of spirit masks moves into the digital age By Joyce Riha Linik Art. on teaching maskmaking. 10-week interdisciplinary project is the brainchild of Tri-Valley technology teacher Sheila Craig. She came up with the idea after participating in an intensive professional development program called ARCTIC (Alaska Reform in the Classroom through Technology Integration and Collaboration) two years ago. This effort, funded by the U.S. Department of Education, helps teachers learn to weave technology into instruction in relevant and useful ways and to design effective learning environments that incorporate technology.

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BY Radouane Nasry Narrative Introduction Ideological Masks Cosmogonic Masks Fertility rite Rites of passage Objectives Background information: The African mask is not ? The mask: Definition Elements of African art Sample of Student Handout Object Analysis Sample Lesson Plans Teacher Bibliography Student Bibliography Materials for classroom use

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The Maramures mask is the result of a combination of archaic and contemporary artistic elements. Refusing to observe the rules which are strictly indispensable in other domains of Maramures folk art, the masks permit a free display of the talent and imagination of every author fully proving the inventive, effervescent spirit, the fine humour of the Maramures peasant. The Maramures dances with masks, originating in the common original fund of the civilisation and culture in the Carpatho-Danubian area, but coming down to the present with successive changes of function and continually laying stress on the spectacular aspects, delight both the dancers, as it gives free rein to the display of their fancy, and the people watching them, because they satisfy and stimulate their imagination, while on the occasion of the New Year's holidays, they call forth everybody's good humour, and vigorous optimism. goatdance, beardance m.m.

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Editor?s Note: This is the second in a series of articles concerning how St. Louis area kids can take part in the 2001 Earth Day activities. The first article appeared last month and additional articles will be included on Young Saint Louis.com?s April website.

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Photos and text - Language: Norweigan

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Scottish Guising: Medieval And Modern Theatre Games

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+ short description

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By Park Jin-tae, Professor at Taegu University, Korea 1. Exorcist Ritual, Play and Mask 2.. Why Were Masks Created? 3. Expression and Symbol of the Mask 4. The Ritualistic Characteristics of the Shaman Mask Play Ritual 5. Characteristics of the Shaman Mask

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Ned Bear's hand-carved wood masks are well known in Canada and beyond. His reputation has been as an established mask-carver for the past 20 years. Conceptualizing a traditional Plains Cree belief of the "Pawakon" (Spirit-helper), in a personal and sublime visual interpretations, is growing internationally notoriety. He presently resides within the city of Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada.

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Portland Museum of Art article + photo

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...In the dreamy streets, a handful of demons dancers and haggarders seek to wake up the town with their whispers of drunkenness, wrapped in their serpentine scarfs and hidden behind their frightful colored masks....

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Seeing the way the mask takes on a life of its own teaches something fundamental about acting: there is a presence you're trying to get out of the way of. You're not trying to 'Get out there and entertain!' but to make a space so that these wonderful, playful presences can enter the room. We're working on the edge, pushing ourselves to go places you don't ordinarily go. We're not aiming for perfection; that's not what theater's about. It's about being able to risk within a structure."

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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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