With this comprehensive study on the use of masks, incorporating evolutionary and biological traits with cultural and sociological ones, the research team aimed to contribute to a scientific ...

These teenagers’ outfits include papier-mâché masks and mirrors, something also seen in West African culture. UNITED STATESMardi Gras Indians dress in ceremonial attire to honor the Native ...

These were the least-affected countries. I believe the main reason was the habit among its people of wearing masks. This has to become a culture within the country. It is a big cultural change ...

Located within the 3rd London General Hospital, its proper name was the "Masks for Facial Disfigurement Department"; either way, it represented one of the many acts of desperate improvisation ...

Ralph Eugene Meatyard said that masks erased the differences between people. He photographed his family, shown here, in 1962. The Estate of Ralph Eugene Meatyard courtesy Fraenkel Gallery ...

The mask is put on. The line between reality and ... or dance that reinforces the cultural identity of a community. Others remain embedded in religious or social ritual. In these performances ...