Tag: masks

A leopard mask, from www.helmet.se:

An all-action photo this week. Chavo Guerrero wrestling Mil Mascaras. Mascaras is the one in the mask. Taken from The Unofficial Chavo Guerrero Sr. Fan Page.

Mask of the week is a Canadian transformation mask. Closed:

Open:

This page and this page, about the art of Burkina Faso, have so many fabulous pictures that it’s hard to pick just one. My mask(s) of the week are these three Bwa plank masks:

But also make sure you look at this Dafing leaf mask, this Bobo antelope mask and these Mossi ‘red masks’. And just browse around a bit.

A mask from the Tsam (or Cham) ceremony, a masked dance designed to exorcise evil. The ceremony was held all across the Himalayas, but has been nearly eliminated by the combination of Chinese communism and Western influence. This is from Mongolia.

via Golf Mongolia

A Hooden Horse from Deal in Kent in 1909:

Picture taken from this site about the Kentish traditioning of Hoodening. But also check out a parallel Welsh tradition, the Mari Lwyd.