Mask - Theater, Performance, Ritual

Mask - Theater, Performance, Ritual: Masks have been used almost universally to represent characters in theatrical performances. Theatrical performances are a visual literature of a transient, momentary kind. It is most impressive because it can be seen as a reality; it expends itself by its very revelation. The mask participates as a more enduring element, since its form is physical. The mask as a device for theatre first emerged in Western civilization from the religious practices of ancient Greece. In the worship of Dionysus, god of fecundity and the harvest, the communicants’ attempt to impersonate the deity by donning goatskins and by imbibing wine eventually
Mask, a form of disguise or concealment usually worn over or in front of the face to hide the identity of a person and by its own features to establish another being. This essential characteristic of hiding and revealing personalities or moods is common to all masks.

Topeng, Mask Theatre – Asian Traditional Theatre & Dance

Mask - Theater, Performance, Ritual

Mask - Theater, Performance, Ritual

Mask - Theater, Performance, Ritual

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