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The dragon dance was started by the Chinese who had shown great belief and respect towards the dragon. It is an important item of the Chinese Culture and tradition. Dragon Dance has spread throughout China and to the whole world. It becomes a special performance of arts in the Chinese physical activities. It symbolises the bringing of good luck and prosperity in the year to come for all the human beings on earth. According to ancient history, during the period of Chun Chiu, the learning of Chinese Martial Arts was very popular and in the spare time, dragon dance was also being taught to students to provide more encouragement.

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IN DANISH.Fin informativ side om fastelavn og karnevalstraditioner. Mange links til traditioner rundt om i verden

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Emnearbejde fra Vokslev friskole Gr?nlandske masker kendes hovedsageligt fra ?stgr?nland i et omfang som g?r, at der her er tale om en egentlig maskekultur. Der findes kun f? eksempler p? masker fra Vestgr?nland og her er det kunstneriske udtryk et helt andet.

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She was created in 1987 when we who were to become the Dorchester Giants Group, invited two giants to star at a fun-day at Salisbury Fields in Dorchester. We invited Gogmagog from London and Christopher II from Salisbury. Clearly we needed a hostess; Lilbet. As it turned out the fun day was very nearly a disaster, gales blew all day, lots of equipment was damaged, Gogmagog did not parade and Christopher II fell over. Lilbet just survived, returning from her first outing in some distress, but only one piece.

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Grimacing and terrifying or quiet and seducing faces, Beijing opera masks can be very different. This collection is exceptional by the use of plain and void it makes and by aesthetic qualities it shows.

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SCROLL DOWN PAGE. The season of masquerading and merrymaking is called Masopust. This Mardi Gras is celebrated from Epiphany until Ugly Wednesday (Ash Wednesday), mainly in Moravia, but also in parts of Bohemia. Masopust which means ?good-bye to meat? has always been among the most colorful and enthusiastic folklore events of the year.

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Efter kristendommens indf?relse er maskens form?l reduceret til blot at skr?mme b?rn, n?r de tr?ngte til at blive sat lidt p? plads og senere endnu som rene turistobjekter. Hvor de gamle masker kunne udtrykke begge k?n i samme maske, fremstilles masker nu ofte som par.

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Kasan Okwangdae was designated as Important Intangible Cultral Property No. 73 in 1980. This consists of 6 acts unlike other Okwangdae. Kasan masks is made of strawboard, Hanji(i.e. Korean traditional paper), gourds, and bamboo baskets. They consist of 23 kinds and 28 pieces of masks, and some of them are used in two or more roles.

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Romania presents cultural events. I took these pictures attending a performance of a Romanian theatre group. When they didn't perform in the pavilion they were out on the streets to entertain visitors.

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le g?ant s?est lev? pour annoncer sa premi?re sortie officielle : le dimanche 2 septembre 1956 ? 15 heures.

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Make-ups or masks of Beijing Opera let guess the personality of characters of the play. When they are joined as in this set to accessories symbolising the different pieces of the repertory, they make the identification even more obvious. Look how the cutting and the painting is marvellous in these big size paper-cuts.

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Julius Caesar seems to have been the first to report meeting Giants in Britain; See De Bello Gallico - Liber VI, C XVI J. A. Thwaites translates his words thus: "They (the British) enclose their victims in wickers of osier and burn them at the tops of giant men." Who were the giant men in question? well, there is some doubt, they might have been great hill-figures like the Cerne Giant or the Long Man of Wilmington, they may alternatively have been some sort of sacrificial green man, or they might have been... Oh well, speculation is useless, but that Albion was indeed the land of Giants, is confirmed. 'Dancing', or 'Pageant' Giants were recorded in Europe by the 14th century. One of the first known in Britain; Christopher the Salisbury Giant; still survives. Once the Giant of the Tailors' Guild, he stands in the Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum, his exact age is unknown, but there exists a repair bill dated 1570.

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Originally part of a large helmet, this detached face mask was part of the armor worn by soldiers in the Roman cavalry. The face may represent Aphrodite, Artemis, or even an effeminate Apollo, since the generalized features make any precise identification difficult........

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Click on "Fester" to see Photo." Hellig Tre Kongersl?b " is a tradition from the times when Denmark was still a catholic country. It has survived on a small island called Agers? . Once a year, in the winter masked people walks from house to house begging for candy and cookies. You are supposed to guess who is behind the mask. The masked people must make an effort not to be recognized...

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Dragon dances are the most spectacular dances performed at New year. Chinese consider dragons to be friendly and helpful creatures associated with strength, good fortune, wisdom and longevity. These creatures inhabit every body of water as well as rain and are linked to the Pearl of Knowledge. The longer the dragon, the more luck it will bring to the community. As a result, communities strive to have very long dragons dancing during the New Year. Some dragons are so long that they require twenty or thirty people to hold up the tail!

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Very nice informative site with great photos of these spectacular masktraditions. Mardi Gras in rural Southwestern Louisiana draws on traditions that are centuries old. Revelers go from house to house begging to obtain the ingredients for a communal meal. They wear costumes that conceal their identity and that also parody the roles of those in authority. They escape from ordinary life partly through the alcohol many consume in their festive quest, but even more through the roles they portray. As they act out their parts in a wild, gaudy pageant, they are escaping from routine existence, freed from the restraints that confine them every other day in the year. These traditions, folklorists say, go back at least as far as medieval times. The human impulse that underlies Mardi Gras has not diminished today, even if some of the traditions lapsed for decades and even if one factor in their revival by subsequent generations was a desire to enhance tourism. Anyone who has seen the procession of Mardi Gras riders brightly costumed in myriad colors advancing across the drab late-winter countryside is also likely to be swept up in the timeless moment: in rural Acadiana, Mardi Gras lives as much today as it did in centuries past.

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Masks for Kolam mask dance drama. A tourist site.

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German site

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Good site. Among info here: Beautiful series of 15 photos describing traditions.

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These are marble and stone depictions of Greek masks. The originals were made from leather.An actor contemplates his mask. Note the color and appearance of a wig. Depiction of life backstage

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Casa corazon

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CONFERENCE IN IRELAND APRIL 2003 (Also frontpage story july 2002 )

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The tradition of masks that we have inherited has its origin in healing the sick. In the past, sometimes even now people are inclined to believe those super natural beings such as devils or departed souls inflict the human beings with diseases or epidemics.

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Spanish tradition. site in Spanish

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from ANCIENT SPIRAL As part of most May Day 'Sweeps Festivals' in various areas within the United Kingdom, at least one of the Morris dancers will dress in a wicker framework totally covered in leaves. Called Jack in the Green, this figure appears several times throughout the day as part of the celebrations in the British town of Rochester.

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