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While the Hamilton Ball was a rare scene of interracial nightlife, many of the performers were young, working class black men and women. Despite the unifying quality of the event that drew crowds across age, gender, race, and class, class divisions were apparent as performers were often less affluent than their wealthier elite audiences. [ 1 ]
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.
The word ball derives from the Latin word ballare, meaning 'to dance', and bal was used to describe a formal dancing party in French in the 12th century. The ballo was an Italian Renaissance word for a type of elaborate court dance, and developed into one for the event at which it was performed.
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The ball, held in a tent outside Tavern on the Green, was a charity event that raised $1.4 million for the Alzheimer's Association. [ 15 ] In anticipation of selling the contents of the Plaza Hotel, Christie's Auction House recreated the Black and White Ball in 2006 at Rockefeller Center .
During the Odo celebration, it is said that the appearance of this masquerade allows the dead to openly interact with the living. Ijele; The Ijele masquerade, which originated in the Old Anambra state, is the largest mask ritual in recorded history. 45 different masquerades have previously performed on top of Ijele, the King of All Masquerades ...
The Bal des Ardents (Ball of the Burning Men [1]), or the Bal des Sauvages [2] (Ball of the Wild Men), was a masquerade ball [note 1] held on 28 January 1393 in Paris, France, at which King Charles VI had a dance performance with five members of the French nobility.