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A '''mask''' is an artifact that covers or conceals any part of the face. They can be worn for a wide range of reasons, ranging from  

A '''mask''' is an artifact that covers or conceals any part of the face. They can be worn for a wide range of reasons, ranging from  

#Protection -

#Protection (more under practical) - Masks can be used to protect the wearer from things ranging from gunfire (as in the head masks worn by the SWAT team) to gas masks, which protected the wearer from biological and chemical attacks.

#Performance - In many theatre groups, masks are used for dramatic effect or as a way to add emotion to a performance.  

#Performance - In many theatre groups, masks are used for dramatic effect or as a way to add emotion to a performance.  

#Amusment - Masks can be worn for personal amusment or to impersonate another person or character. Perhaps the most well known display of this is [[Halloween]]

#Amusment/costumes - Masks can be worn for personal amusment or to impersonate another person or character. Perhaps the most well known display of this is [[Halloween]]

#Balls - Masquarade balls are either formal or semi-formal events attended by people wearing masks. The masquarade ball tradition started in [[France]], and has spread in popularity to almost every Western nation, including the United States.

#Balls - Masquarade balls are either formal or semi-formal events attended by people wearing masks. The masquarade ball tradition started in [[France]], and has spread in popularity to almost every Western nation, including the United States.

#Ceremonies -

#Ceremonies - Within African and ancient American (both North and South) societies, there were many rituals that involved masks. In the ancient religions (some of which still exist today) masks were believed to heighten the attonment one had with a Deity,

#Practical purposes - In the modern era, masks are used practically for a wide range of reasons.

#Practical purposes -