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The biggest bash on Halloween is the Village Halloween Parade. Sam David, the intrepid photographer, headed out to capture the evening's festivities. Click on the images below for larger versions.

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The use of masks extends throughout the Himalayan region, from locations as diverse as the tropical lowlands of Nepal --- the Terai --- to the high mountain villages of the Sherpas to the monasteries of Tibet and Bhutan. Most masks are created locally of indigenous materials for particular ceremonies and are put away for most of the year.

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Irmingard Anna Kotelev Photographer. If you are looking to experience the true beauty of The Venice Carnival - this is the place to go.Irmingard Anna Kotelev's photos are fabulous !

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This is a common mask featured in Indian Chhau performances. PHOTO COURTESY OF ACEF

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Katie Okoye, African storyteller and maskmaker, makes a mask during "International Games Day," an event planned in celebration of CC! Week '98 in Gaithersburg.

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from the Edo period (1615 - 1867 )

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From the Edo Period ( 1615 - 1867 )

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Group of mask players in the street.

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African, Mexican. Beautiful paintings of Kachinas as well.

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One photo Somu (A Young Shaman) from the Yangju Pyolsandae Drama

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Leonard Wells Volk (1828?1895) Plaster, 1917 cast after 1860 original National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution Leonard Wells Volk (1828?1895) Plaster, 1917 cast after 1860 original National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

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Chinese lion mask (1981). Gift of Catherine Miles and her students at General George McCall School. (6'5: x 24" x 20") C.81.35. This Chinese lion's mask hung in "Freedom's Doors: Immigrant Ports of Entry to the United States", the museum's long-term exhibition, from 1986-1992. It was made of papier m?ch? by students at the McCall School in Philadelphia, for the 1981 Buddhist New Year's celebration, which includes parades and dances. Lion dancers use a mask for the head of the lion while a long line of dancers forms the body.

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Masks in the Quarters Mardi Gras 1976 New Orleans Louisiana

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Mask of Bacchus

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wood with paint, Monpa, Arunachal Pradesh, NE India, 19th century, height 10.5" (27 cm)

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Mask, wood with paint, Tibet or Northern Nepal, late 19th century, height 10.5" (27 cm) $1300.

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Photo from Folkart Museum - Hamburg - Germany

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one photo Ch'wibari (An Old Bachelor) from the Pongsam Mask Drama

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