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

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Here is a link to my mask making Facebook page. Updated almost daily with every mask project I am working on including personal work and custom commissions. Check it out!

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Feathers resemble human hair and can be interwoven like strands. A large number of mask forms and arrangements have been invented over time. Some of them are very complicated in nature while others are simple cardboard cuttings endeavored with feathers. Even an old featherduster can be turned into a stunning mask by skilled hands.

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by Gregory Tobo My first experience with the neutral mask, was one of loss. I no longer had a mutable face by which I could express my emotions. As an actor, I had come to depend on my face to communicate. Now I could present only a blank unchanging visage.

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

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With respect to mask wearers, then, the first question to be asked is: can we even hope to gain access to inner states? And second, if access is possible, can the ontological status of the mask wearer be translated into a vernacular that is readily understood? [p. 232] On the African continent, the medium of the mask or the comprehensive costume of a masquerader is the invention of a spectral medium. A man, hitherto a young fledgling in the community, attains the status of a god or an ancestor under the mask. Women and children and households, including the peers of his mothers kneel before him for benediction and prayers - general or particular. He becomes a persona, a numinous invocation with a transient personality. He lasts only for the duration of the enactment. At that instance, the unknown is domesticated and brought within the realm of the living.

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Politiken 19 november 1994.About the book: Ib Geertsen: Gr?nlandske Masker (Rhodos, 194 ill. sider). Af Peter Michael Hornung ( in danish) Historien om de gr?nlandske masker, om den skiftende vurdering af dem, og om det faktum, at der gradvis er blevet s? f? af dem, er ogs? historien om den gr?nlandske kulturs m?de med kristendommen, den kristendom, der arriverede i skikkelse af sikkert velmenende, men uvidende mission?rer.

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By Kim, Dong Pyo The Hahoe masks are a precious cultural inheritance. Among the numerous types of masks in Korea, the Hahoe masks are the only ones designates as national treasures (No. 121; 2 Pyongsan masks included). They are also appraised as worldwide masterpieces of mask art. It is said that the Hahoe masks were originally comprised of 12 masks, of which only nine remain. The three lost masks, the Ch'onggak(bachelor), Ttoktari(servant), and pyolch'ae (low-grade government official) masks, are known only by their names.

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"I would like to express my admiration for the Haida people, who have created a cultural style worthy of endless study and perpetual preservation. The living culture is growing stronger every day as the Haida regain their numbers, their pride and control of their own destinies."

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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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Carnival arts offers all of us a dynamic tool for self-expression and exploration, a tool to seek out our roots, a tool to develop new forms of looking at the world and its cultures, and finally, a tool to unite the world, to discover what we all have in common, and to celebrate what makes us different. The power and creativity that underlies these art forms can transform lives. Join hands with All Ah We, and together we will dance the song of life! .......................... ......... This page is adapted from a slide show geared toward a middle-school level, and can be adapted for use in lower and higher grade levels.

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Africa. This headdress is worn for royal ceremonies by powerful members of society; such as princes and important business leaders.

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+ Masksfotos There are still approximately 8,000 Huichols living in five autonomous communities scattered throughout remote areas of the Sierra Madre mountains of Mexico. For centuries the Huichols have lived as sedentary agriculturalists, surviving by cultivating maize, beans and squash, gathering wild plants, hunting, and tending domesticated animals. The ancient methods of survival that served so well in the past, however, are now being challenged as a viable means of sustaining the Huichol population.

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The Huichol People of central Mexico still follow the age-old shamanic ways of their ancestors, an unbroken wisdom-bridge stretching back into the Paleolithic. The "mara'akame", the shaman, still leads pilgrims on a yearly journey retracing the path of the Gods and Goddesses when they first appeared in this middle world and traveled on sacred pilgrimage to find its center

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I love the theater of Commedia del'Arte! I love it's zaniness, it's craziness, the thrill of improvisation, the masks, the bizarre and colorful characters, and the wonderful history behind this form of theater. But two characters in particular I love, and they are Harlequin and Columbine!!!! The popular "clowns" of the show, along with Commedia, they have never lost their widespread appeal. I was unable to find any links of merit on this topic, but never fea, fair surfer, for I will now dispatch every piece of information you could want to know about these two insatiable lovers and mischief makers!! Enjoy!!

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

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The most ancient type is obviously represented by the funeral masks, recorded as still in use by European travelers among the eastern Toraja people living in the Poko lake area, at the beginning of the present century. The Toraja call these masks Pemia.

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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 chorus, unlike the actors, were non-professionals who had a talent for singing and dancing and were trained by the poet in preparation for the performance. The standard number of members of a chorus was twelve throughout most of Aeschylus's career, but was raised to fifteen by Sophocles. The chorus, like the actors, wore costumes and masks"

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Commedia dell'Arte With its origins in Renaissance Italy (early 16th Century) the Commedia dell'Arte was one of the earliest forms of theatre as we know it today. Starting with traveling troupes of street performers donning masks to draw attention to themselves, these players soon teamed-up and started taking on more defined characters, and Commedia dell'Arte was born. Starting in Italy, troupes moved into all of Europe, influencing theatre in Spain, Holland, Germany, Austria, England, and especially, France.

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In Italian. A link collection. For those who speak Italian. Lots of info, description of characters and their origin..

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Japanese Kyogen Kyogen movement is highly stylized and each movement is choreographed. Each posture, every walk and each piece of business is defined. the literal translation for Kyogen is "crazy words," and the accompanying dialogue is simple, direct and comically exaggerated.

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T?cuaro, Michoac?n, Mexico Very good article - with allround information about the Mexican mask tradition.

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Click on on Pulcinello for workshop information or on Arlequina to visit Judith's homepage.

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