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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: | Today the priests still dance at forty different locations throughout the year. Twenty-one times they dance in the different old quarters of Bhaktapur itself, the rest of the time they tour the various villages in the North-Eastern rim of the Katmandu Valley. Afterwards they return to Bhaktapur where the goddesses ceremonially die and the masks are burnt before the annual rains. In the fall they are resurrected and the masks built anew for another cycle | | hits: | 225 | | Added on: | 10-Aug-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 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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describing new year. + ogoh-ogoh | | hits: | 115 | | Added on: | 21-Jul-2002 | | Comments: | 0 |
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| Description: | The death of a village elder is cause for a celebration ritual. As the the griot whips the crowd into a frenzy, I lose myself in the magical energy of the dance of the spirits. | | hits: | 180 | | Added on: | 17-Nov-2002 | | Comments: | 0 |
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| Description: | The Dan of Liberia are famous for a variety of ritual masks. One of the most prominent is the type on display that is used during young mens' rite of passage ceremonies. Perfectly carved with naturalistic features this hard wood facial cover features two rows of old cowry shells attached to a fabric bundled headdress. Stripes of tin that mimic scarification and highlight the eyes are added for richness. One large bell known as a "summoners bell" is suspended from the chin. The bell is used to call upon spirits during the ritual. This is a beautiful well crafted piece. It was created in the mid 20th century.
| | hits: | 193 | | Added on: | 16-Apr-2003 | | Comments: | 0 |
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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: | 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: | German ritual. site in german | | hits: | 148 | | Added on: | 24-Jul-2002 | | Comments: | 0 |
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