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#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 - 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 - | + | #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 - | ||
#Costumes - | #Costumes - | ||
#Practical purposes - | #Practical purposes - | ||
Revision as of 23:01, October 6, 2008
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 -
- 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
- 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 -
- Costumes -
- Practical purposes -