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by Leslie S. Bryan ( + PHOTOS OF THE MASKS ) Getting ready for Halloween? No, the 90 masks displayed earlier this spring at the Morris Museum (NJ) were not designed only for the popular children?s holiday. They are part of everyday life, as announced in the exhibit?s title: ?Mexican Masks of the 20th Century, A Living Tradition.? The traveling exhibit, which opens May 11 in Ft. Meyer, Florida and will remain there until July 12, features familiar face decoration in a context that links the craft of construction to a people?s long and complex history.

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Don't be fooled by the face I wear For I wear a thousand masks And none of them are me Don't be fooled, for God's sake, don't be fooled I give the impression that I'm secure That confidence is my name, and coolness is my game And that I need no one, but don't believe me Underneath lies the real me............

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Mummings and Disguisings: development of these into the Masque The Cambridge History of English and American Literature in 18 Volumes (1907?21). Volume VI. The Drama to 1642, Part Two.

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Elizabeth?s frugality prevented the masque from developing in her reign. It was in frequent use, but the queen had not the special taste for it which made it prominent as an amusement of the aristocracy in the courts of Henry VIII and James I. But ?entertainments,? during the queen?s numerous progresses, were plentifully produced. The entertainment was the masque out-of-doors, and consisted of some kind of welcoming device or function arranged for greeting the queen on her arrival, or ?discovered? afterwards, as she was conducted round gardens and park. The entertainment had more dramatic possibilities in it than the masque, because it depended less upon scenery, but the English climate kept it always short and slight.

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If January, 1612, be the date of Love Restored, it is important for the student of the masque. Jonson innovated again on previous practice. The masque proper is preceded not by an antimasque, but by a scene of excellent comedy. The scene is the development in a new style of the part of the presenter, and still gives to that character the larger part of the dialogue, which is in prose.

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There were no court masques in the beginning of 1606 and 1607; but Jonson was a second time requisitioned for the masque of 10 January, 1608. The queen wanted the daughters of Niger again, with ?their beauties varied according to promise,? and four ladies added to their number.

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When we reach the reign of Elizabeth, Spenser?s poetry, even more adequately than Hall?s prose, reflects and revives the glory of the medieval masque and pageant. His genius, in some of its most characteristic aspects, was exactly fitted to describe and appreciate the world just beyond the real world with which the masque dealt. The masque of the Seven Deadly Sins 11 and the masque of Cupid 12 are magnificent examples of the processional masque

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brief. Encyclop?dia Britannica: " During the 16th century the European continental masque traveled to Tudor England, where it became a court entertainment played before the king. Gorgeous costumes, spectacular scenery with elaborate machinery to move it on- and offstage, and rich allegorical verse marked the English masque. During the reign of Elizabeth I the masque provided a vehicle for compliments paid to the queen at her palace and during her summer tours through England."

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Africa Masquerading in Nigeria has become a significant instrument of the nation?s interethnic politics. There have been many instances of clashes between members of ethnically based masquerade cults and migrants from other ethnic groups............................

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Mike Chase masks for sale, workshops, events, and articles on masks.

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Masquerading in Nigeria has become a significant instrument of the nation?s interethnic politics. There have been many instances of clashes between members of ethnically based masquerade cults and migrants from other ethnic groups

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

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in German

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Silent Treatment Wordless testimony to power of movement By Marina Wolf

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Brief story

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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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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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