Uma cerimônia masquerade (ou mascarado, mascarada rito, festival, procissão ou dança) é um evento cultural ou religioso envolvendo o uso de máscaras.Simbolismo de máscaras africanas
Exemplos incluem a África Ocidental e Diáspora africana mascaradas, tal como os egunguns, Edo Masquerades do Norte, Nsukka (festival omabe), Carnaval do Caribe (que é chamado Mas) e Jonkonnu.
Bibliografia Masks and headdresses in the collection of so-called "primitive" art from Sub-Saharan black Africa at Vrije Universiteit Brussel The Art of the African Mask, University of Virginia Faces of the Spirit, University of Virginia Icons of Power, University of Virginia Images of Ancestors, University of Virginia Portraits of Rulers, University of Virginia Physical characteristics of African Tribal Masks, Rebirth African Art Gallery Bortolot, Alexander Ives, Idia: The First Queen Mother of Benin. In Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, October 2003. Retrieved 25 March 2007. Lommel, Andreas Masks, Their Meaning and Function, Ferndale Editions, London, orig. Atlantis Verlag Zurich 1970 — introduction, after Himmelheber Afrikanische Masken
Ligações externas Maske: World's Haunting Masquerades – slideshow by Life magazine Baba Alawoye.com Baba'Awo Awoyinfa Ifaloju, showcasing Ifa using web media 2.0 (blogs, podcasting, video & photocasting) Máscaras africanas tradicionais
Categoria:Danças africanas