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Spanish tradition. site in Spanish

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These masks are used by the Yaqui and Mayo Indians of Sonora and Sinaloa Mexico in their tribal ceremonies and festivals. The masks are symbolic of animals and people that relate to the ritual they are performing. Masks that have been actually used in the rituals,or "danced" are extremely rare and difficult to find and consequently are very expensive. Our masks have not been "danced", but are carved by the Indian carvers and are authentic masks.

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Over a period of ten years, a photographer has documented the vanishing cultures of the Stone Age tribes of New Guinea

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

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carved wood, paint, and kaolin

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

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Very nice collection

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(FANTASTIC WEBSITE. A Must see, if you love mesoamerican masks.SA;MMW) The Mask Monger brings us a spicy and sometimes humorous blend of mask relevant subjects directed toward both the traveled collector of Latin American ethnic art as well as those interested in Mexican culture. This is a non-commercial website.

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Casa corazon

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German site

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Dates: 1930s - 1980s. Material: Painted wood, goat hair Catalog No.: From top: 81-29-21 by Saturnino Valenzuela, 1981, 80-67-13 by Alcario Buitimea, 1980, 78-53-27 by Candelario Verdugo Yocupicio, 1978, These small, distinctive wooden face masks are worn by Mayo pahkora dancers who live in the Mexican states of Sonora and Sinaloa. They add color and drama to the various fiestas performed by the Mayo Indians.

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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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The Punu reside on the left bank of the Upper Ngoume River and belong to the group of tribes known as Shira which were originally part of the Luango kingdom of Angola. With the Eshira, the Lumbo, the Vili, the Galoa, and the Vungu people, the Punu migrated northwards during the 18th century and settled in the area where they continue to inhabit to this day. They live in independent villages divided into clans and families, and social cohesion is ensured by a society known as Moukouji. Its primary role is to subjugate harmful forest spirits. During Moukouji ceremonies, small masks appear which are covered with white pigments, alluding to their anti-witchcraft functions.

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Many beautiful masks displayed here: "Over the centuries, the many ethnic groups that populate the Himalayas have produced a myriad of fascinating masks. presented together, they evoke the spirit of the ancient cultures of this region of the world. While the classical art of the Himalayas (bronze, wood, and stone sculptures as well as murals and paintings on cloth) has been acquired by western museums and is recoqnized for its quality and richness through publications, the art of the Himalayan mask is just beginning to be discovered." Eric Chazot, 1990.

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Sanni mask Kolam . Raksha mask

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many fine masks shown here

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Africa - AMAZING masks..Fine descriptions. Photos showing full masking + bodies moving (incl.dress) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mask Categories and Character Types

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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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Masks for Kolam mask dance drama. A tourist site.

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truly amazing traditional masks shown here

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Go down page to read about the masktraditions

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(In italian ) Nice site about the carneval and masktraditions of the provins Messina, italy

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The oldest masks are those representing goats, cranes and horses. Other masks represented beggars, devils, witches and death. Today, along with traditional masks, there are modern-day masks depicting robots and astronauts....... Lithuanian-American Community, Inc.

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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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