enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Domino mask - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domino_mask

   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 ...

3. Masquerade ball - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masquerade_ball

   The main types of masks included masks with a stick (which one could hold to keep the mask in front of their face), the head mask, the full-face mask, and the half face mask. [7] Masquerade masks have been used in classics such as The Phantom of the Opera, Romeo and Juliet, Lone Ranger, and Gossip Girl. They are still used in many types of ...

4. List of Trinidad and Tobago Carnival character costumes

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Trinidad_and...

   The mask, like most character masks was made out of some sort of papier-mâché. [8] Now, most cow costumes consist of a cream-coloured loose shirt with tight pants that have gold accents. [8] The full papier-mâché mask was also replaced by a hat or headband with cow horns. [8]

5. Carnival of Venice - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival_of_Venice

   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 ...

6. Traditional African masks - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_African_masks

   Female masks of the Punu people of Gabon, for example, have long curved eyelashes, almond-shaped eyes, thin chin, and traditional ornaments on their cheeks, as all these are considered good-looking traits. [17] Feminine masks of the Baga people have ornamental scars and breasts. In many cases, wearing masks that represent feminine beauty is ...

7. Ankos Festival - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ankos_Festival

   The Ankos Festival also known as Takoradi street carnival or Masquerade Festival is an annual event celebrated by the people of Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana.Its main attraction is dozens of groups of people or teams dressing in wild outfits who display their skills and arts via dance.