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2. Masquerade ball - Wikipedia

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   A masquerade ball (or bal masqué) is a special kind of formal ball which many participants attend in costume wearing masks. (Compare the word "masque"—a formal written and sung court pageant.) Less formal "costume parties" may be a descendant of this tradition. A masquerade ball usually encompasses music and dancing.

3. Domino mask - Wikipedia

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   A carnival mask. Domino masks are worn during Carnival, e.g. at the Venetian Carnival, where it is part of the more extensive black (though occasionally white and blue) domino costume worn by both male and female participants, which accomplishes the requirement of the masquerade that participants be masked or otherwise disguised, and achieves the elements of adventure, conspiracy, intrigue ...

4. List of Trinidad and Tobago Carnival character costumes

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   The full papier-mâché mask was also replaced by a hat or headband with cow horns. [8] Since this is a costume that is meant to be done in a group, matadors and picadors can also join the group and "challenge" the cows. [4] Other members of the group would dress up as a Mad Bull and charge at the matadors, picadors, and bystanders. [6]

5. Costume party - Wikipedia

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   Fancy dress parties are popular year round in the United Kingdom. The 1996 novel Bridget Jones's Diary features the classic British costume party theme "Tarts and Vicars" at which the women wear sexually provocative ("tart") costumes, while the men dress as Anglican priests ("vicars"). Fancy dress parties have been held by the British Royal Family.

6. Category:Masks - Wikipedia

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   Masquerade balls (13 P) Military masks (1 C, ... Pages in category "Masks" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. ... Masquerade ball; V ...

7. Carnival of Venice - Wikipedia

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   The mask was only just large enough to conceal a woman's identity and was held in place by the wearer biting on a button or bit (the women wearing this mask were unable to speak, hence muta) and was often finished off with a veil. The Rhinoceros by Pietro Longhi, sometimes called Clara the rhinoceros, depicts this mask in use in 1751. It fell ...