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Description:	Yoeme (Yaqui) pahkolam open and close feistas and cermonies along the Rio Yaqui in their homeland in Sonora, Mexico, and in their more recent villages in and around Tucson and Phoenix, Arizona. These small, wooden face masks are the most visual part of the pahkolam costume. They are worn over the dancer's face when dancing the music provided by the flute and drum player, and worn on the side or back of the head when dancing to the music of the harp and violin.
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Added on:	07-May-2003
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Description:	Kalarte Gallery: Latin America
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Added on:	05-Aug-2002
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Description:	For centuries, in Java - Indonesia has used mask in a dance performance, such as in Joho ancient inscription in 840 ACC. In the book of Negara Kertagama, during the reign of Prabu Hayam Wuruk, the king of Majapahit Kingdom, in XIV century, the word "rakot", was used to refer to a mask performance. It means that people have been making mask since long ago. Mask dance has grown up particularly in Java and Bali because of the demand at that time. Nowadays, we often see a mask dance. To make mask for a dance performance, people must consider the figure who will use it. In the development, the mask is also made for souvenir with a variety of color and size. Beside as a dance property, mask can also be used as a decoration, e,g. Candle and holder lamp etc. The new and innovative models are created according to the market demand. In making a mask, people use carving technique to form the character and decoration on it. The material to make mask is softwood which is easily carved, e,g. "Pule" or "Waru" wood.
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Added on:	20-Jun-2002
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Description:	Incredibly similar to Japanese n? masks, mukuyi masks have been highly regarded by Western collectors since the beginning of the century. They are used in funeral ceremonies by dancers on stilts. The use of white kaolin pigment is associated with death.
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Added on:	28-May-2003
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Description:	The Vikings did not celebrate Halloween, and while they had a major celebration at near the same time of year, it did not involve costumes or masquerades. Yet we know from archaeology that they did use masks, and there is evidence to suggest that these may have been connected with a different seasonal celebration.......read on folks !
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Added on:	15-Sep-2002
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Description:	BEAUTIFUL WEBSITE - Fabulous story - Amazing masks! + film release 2003. Check this out... Masken - L?tschental - Fasnacht - Tsch?gg?tt? - Mythos "Aufgrund der Tatsache, dass viele junge M?nner heute ausw?rts und ganztags arbeiten, hat sich der Brauch insofern ver?ndert, als dass sich die M?nner (heute auch die verheirateten und manchmal auch Frauen) vornehmlich Abends (nach Feierabend) verkleiden, w?hrend man am Tage oft kleinere Tsch?gg?tt? (Kinder) sieht. Im Umgang mit den Opfern (Jeder und jedermann) verh?lt man sich heutzutage auch (meistens) etwas gesitteter. "
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Added on:	23-Nov-2002
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Description:	This collection of masks is from the indigenous villages of Mexico. They reflect this tradition from their earliest appearance of about 1200 BC to present day. The majority of the masks in this exhibition date from the 19th century to just before World War II, at which time foreign influences affected the hand-crafted manufacture of ethnographic art. This exhibition emphasizes the continual use of the mask tradition from Pre-Columbian time to the present. This aesthetic tradition is now dying out after more than 3,000 years.
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Added on:	27-Jul-2002
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Description:	A developing site about the great range of Indonesian masks.
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Added on:	17-Apr-2001
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