some pics I& #39;ve collected from different West African masquerades (Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Benin)
I think it& #39;s really cool how many similarities there are with European traditions that have their roots in paganism and/or are still practiced by European pagans
got some similar stuff going on in Japan too
also the Selk& #39;nam of Tierra del Fuego
some cool shit going down in Papua too
name anywhere in the world and there& #39;s probably at least one cultural tradition revolving around the use of mask and costume to ritually embody some alternate persona or state of being. humans love that shit, we can& #39;t get enough of it
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