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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.
Junkanoo is a festival that was originated during the period of African chattel slavery in British American colonies.It is practiced most notably in The Bahamas, Jamaica and Belize, and historically in North Carolina and Miami, where there are significant settlements of West Indian people during the post-emancipation era.
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Outside the building to the left – probably King's Theatre, Haymarket – a queue of masked people is being led to a masquerade ball by a devil or satyr bearing aloft a bag containing £1,000 accompanied by a figure wearing a jester's cap and bells with a garter round his right leg (possibly intended to be the Prince of Wales, later George II, who was said to enjoy masquerades).
Ball culture first gained exposure to a mainstream audience in 1990 when its voguing dance style was featured in Madonna's song "Vogue", and in Jennie Livingston's documentary Paris is Burning the same year. Voguing is a highly stylized type of modern house dance that emerged in the 1980s and evolved out of 1960s ball culture in Harlem, New ...
The Snowflake Ball, associated with Hickory Hill Country Club. All presentees are the daughters and granddaughters of Members. Rose Ball, Twin Oaks debutante ball that presents members’ daughters and granddaughters, sixteen years of age or Sophomores or Juniors in High School, to the membership.
The Lodge's ball in 1869 was recognized as the first drag ball in United States history. The Hamilton Lodge Ball reached the peak of its popularity in the 1920s and early 1930s, as the Harlem Renaissance and Pansy Craze drew wealthy white New Yorkers and celebrities into Harlem nightlife. The Hamilton Lodge Ball drew hundreds of drag performers ...
Masquerade ball, a costumed dance event Masquerade ceremony , a rite or cultural event in many parts of the world, especially the Caribbean and Africa Masquerade society , a fictional society in Vampire: The Masquerade