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| Description: | No one is allowed to photograph them. In fact, the myth about nouna masks goes on to say that if you try to do so, the film will not contain an image.
They are ritual symbols and only make public appearance for certain kind of traditional ceremonies: death of an elder belonging to the family of the masks, annual home coming of the masks, and sacrifices offered to the "siou" which is the spirit and essence of masks. They have antic heads and black robes, and some of the heads are over centuries old.
| | hits: | 140 | | Added on: | 20-May-2002 | | Comments: | 0 |
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| Description: | Northern Tligit
by Aldona Jonaitis | | hits: | 137 | | Added on: | 21-May-2002 | | Comments: | 0 |
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| Description: | The ancient religious mask dancing "Tsam" is one of the most significant religious rituals reflecting Buddhist teaching through correct images and essence. "Tsam" mask dancing is included in the art form called "Doigar" which depicts independent imagination, one of the ten kinds of wisdom according to ancient Indian philosophy.
It is a theatrical art performed by skilled dancers bearing the external appearance and characters of different holy figures and devils, animals or real people. This ceremony requires magnificently ornamented costumes. The "Tsam" dance ceremony was first introduced into Mongolia in the 8th century when the famous Indian Saint Lovon Badamjunai was invited to Mongolia to sanctify the construction of the first Tibetan temple Samya.
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| Description: | By Thomas Murray
Photography by Don Tuttle
Great article with photos.
| | hits: | 246 | | Added on: | 02-Jun-2002 | | Comments: | 0 |
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| Description: | The Kukeri: A Bulgarian Ritual to ensure the advent of SpringIn the rural (farming) villages of Bulgaria, the "Kukeri" is a important masked ritual, carried forward from the Thracians. They dance in the last days of the winter, just before nature comes back to life. | | hits: | 127 | | Added on: | 02-Jun-2002 | | Comments: | 0 |
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| Description: | brief story | | hits: | 173 | | Added on: | 02-Jun-2002 | | Comments: | 0 |
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| Description: | A Tsam ceremony was held at the beginning of the year to exorcise evil. It consisted of a series of masked dances and often had a narrative content. Tsam (in Tibetan, Cham) means masked dance, and local variations of the festival were once practiced in Tibet, Ladakh, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, China and Mongolia, but only in Ladakh and Bhutan and at a few remote, inaccessible monasteries has it been protected from destructive politics and the impact of Western civilization | | hits: | 173 | | Added on: | 13-Jun-2002 | | Comments: | 0 |
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| Description: | We had an opportunity to witness several masked dance ceremonies. The regal lively dances always drew a crowd, both local people and any tourists present. The costumes complementing the masks were vivid and contributed to the overall effect. Most masks were made of wood and/or coarse fabric.
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| Description: | Everywhere shamans make masks. The mask embodies the spirit, and donning it the shaman accepts the presence of the spirit into him/herself. The Tlingit and Tibetan shamans alike "utter the words of the spirit" when wearing the mask. Elaborate masked pantomime dances punctuate the sacred calendar in South India with Kathakali, in Japan it's Bogaku, in Tibet Cham, in Pueblo land the Kachina dances. Such masked dances are also witnessed in Africa, the Pacific Islands, North & South America as well as ancient civilizations like the Egyptian, Mayan, Inca, etc. Architecture was originated by shamanic cultures. So called "primitive" tribal peoples all over the world have built sophisticated giant structures and statuary to serve the community. Natural cultivation of mental faculties enhanced through their shamanic traditions, enabled them to cut, shape and move heavy stone with simple tools. Their impressive creative abilities can be attributed to a greater group consciousness, sense of cooperation, adaptability, intuition and psychic awareness | | hits: | 153 | | Added on: | 30-Jun-2002 | | Comments: | 0 |
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| Description: | Site in German. (Possibility to join a masked trance event.)
Der Trance-Maskentanz, der im Zusammenhang mit den "Rituellen K?rperhaltungen"
und der ekstatischen Trance in jedem Sommer in der L?neburger Heide und an
anderen Orten stattfindet, wird versucht, durch diese T?r zu gehen.
Trancehaltungen bringen uns in Kontakt mit dem Feld der uns umgebenden Energien,
in dem wir durch unsere Rituale helfen k?nnen, verwirrte F?den neu zu ordnen.
Wahrnehmungs?bungen, die Begegnung in der Trance mit uns in unserem Vorhaben
helfenden Kr?ften, Tiergeistern sowie der Maskenbau und das Ritual des
Maskentanzes k?nnen eine Br?cke bauen zum schamanischen Wissen unserer Ahnen.
Die Erfahrung dieses Wissens k?nnen wir in unseren "Alltag" verweben. So weben
wir unsere Wirklichkeit und den Ablauf unserer Zeit immer wieder neu ein in das
Netz aller Lebensenergien - sichtbar oder unsichtbar. | | hits: | 185 | | Added on: | 01-Jul-2002 | | Comments: | 0 |
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