Mask Makers Web

Die Maske als fr?heste Form der Verfremdung hat die Menschen seit Urzeiten fasziniert. Masken sind geheimnisvoll und faszinierend, verbergend und entlarvend. Masken als kostbare Kunstgegenst?nde oder als billige Wegwerfware im Karneval, furchteinfl??end oder erheiternd, sie verfremden, verwandeln, verzaubern, verstecken, verdeutlichen

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Some Photos and text from different traditions.

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Discusses the culture of the indigenous people of New Guinea, including body decoration and mask making.

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The Return of the Goddess through Ritual and the Art of the Mask by Lauren Raine

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"Composed broadly of the two aspects "ritual worship" (saigi) and "celebration" (shukusai)1, Japanese festivals involve a wide variety of symbolic contents, and are supported by unique organizations, based on the principles of "harmony" and "opposition."2 In this paper I want to interpret the relationship between such symbols and organizations through the medium of a theory of cognition. Human perception is composed of three types of cognition: concrete sensory cognition (kankakuteki ninshiki), abstract conceptual cognition (gainenteki ninshiki), and what might be called an intermediate kind of cognition, namely, representational cognition (hy?sh?teki ninshiki), a form which is involved with everyday perception while still retaining some of the unique features of sensory cognition. The existence of symbols assumes the presence of representational cognition and conceptual cognition, while pure sensory cognition is excluded from the activity of symbol formation......."

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Nice masks shown here.

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....In cultures in which burial customs are important, anthropomorphic masks have often been used in ceremonies associated with the dead and departing spirits. Funerary masks were frequently used to cover the face of the deceased. Generally their purpose was to represent the features of the deceased, both to honour them and to establish a relationship through the mask with the spirit world. Sometimes they were used to force the spirit of the newly dead to depart for the spirit world. Masks were also made to protect the deceased by frightening away malevolent spirits......

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Africa Masquerading in Nigeria has become a significant instrument of the nation?s interethnic politics. There have been many instances of clashes between members of ethnically based masquerade cults and migrants from other ethnic groups............................

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Article selected from Travel China weekly written by Ouyang Changpei

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My interests include African masks. Collection of African masks. Masks have also be used to discipline women, children, and criminals. For example, in Africa, a mother might paint a scary face on the bottom of a water gourd to make sure the child followed her directions. Along the Guinea coast of West Africa, many realistic masks represent ancestors; the masks symbolize sanction control when worn. The Dan and Ngere tribes of Liberia and Ivory Coast use ancestor masks as intermediaries for the transmission of petitions or offerings of respect to the gods.

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The dance dramas performed on Java and Bali probably originated in ancient rituals honoring the ancestors and for the deities of planting and harvest. Later, Hindu and Islamic religious beliefs added to the richness of the ceremonial stories...+PHOTOS

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+ Photos + sale The ?vejigante? is a make-believe character, full of energy and color. The vejigante masks are a classical example of the fusion of African, Spanish and Caribbean cultures in Puerto Rico. Masks are made from paper mache, coconut shells, metal and gourd plant

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Portland Museum of Art article + photo

Added on: Jun 01, 2001 | Hits: 1552

From the store: anymask.com The Making Of Masks The Wearing Of Masks The Role Of The Spectator Meaning And Aesthetic Response Preservation And Collecting Social And Religious Uses Funerary And Commemorative Uses Therapeutic Uses Festive Uses Theatrical Uses Additional Reading

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Ned Bear's hand-carved wood masks are well known in Canada and beyond. His reputation has been as an established mask-carver for the past 20 years. Conceptualizing a traditional Plains Cree belief of the "Pawakon" (Spirit-helper), in a personal and sublime visual interpretations, is growing internationally notoriety. He presently resides within the city of Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada.

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A commemorative site for Jacques Lecoq.

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Article by Marilyn Davis, ed, published fall 2003 in the research magazine - PERSPECTIVES - at Southern Illinois University. Article portraying associate professor of theater at SIUC Ron Naversen`s passion for masks.Especially the mask carving tradition of Bali.

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... when male dancers appear, surrounded by their followers and wearing tall, heavy masks like this one, receiving salutations, praise names, and songs. The lower ...

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The sacred temple masks of Barong and Rangda are powerful protectors of the temple and village. The Barong is a gentle, clumsy creature with a leonine face, a great clacking jaw and a flowing white mane, that stretches nearly two metres long when animated by two male players, one in the bead and one in the bind parts. The costume is richly ornamented with gilt mirrors and gold-painted leather, and reflects the light as the creature moves in its comical animal-like shambling gait.

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Walking the Talk: Artists connecting with community

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By: Christopher Baker The Balinese language has no separate word for art. To create is an integral part of existence; an activity as natural as planting and harvesting rice. Painting is everywhere, everywhere sculpture. As Noel Coward observed: "it appears that each Balinese native from the womb to the tomb is creative." Around Ubud and Mas, in Gianyar province, the shortest walk becomes a magical mystery tour of homegrown art, flourishing in courtyards where chickens scratch in the dirt and titiran birds coo-coo from their cages.

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Specializing in Custom Leather & Neoprene Theatre Masks for Commedia dell?Arte, Pro-Wrestling, Opera, Dance, Clowns, Fashion, Custom made masks, Clown Noses, specializes in molding leather, odd projects & Judaica and teaching workshops. Clients include, Big Apple Circus, Patch Adams, WWF, WWE ?Mankind?, Phantom of the Opera.

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Dr Gautam Chatterjee has studied Indian History as his academic specialization. His Ph.D thesis was on Social History. Dr. Chatterjee has done extensive archival research on various aspects of Indian Culture and Heritage. He has written many acamedic papers on Historical subjects and for common man he has been studying many aspects of Indian culture and did field study on various subjects.

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A GUIDE TO ANCIENT GREEK THEATRE:

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Discusses the use of basket yam masks in the harvest festivities of the Abelam people. Offers links to other New Guinea cultural pages. + PHOTOS

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