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Theatrical Masks and Costumes

Vibrant images of traditional puppets and dancers in colorful costumes, highlighting cultural performances from various regions.

SWITZERLAND, BASEL: Fasnacht Carnival Fasnacht Mask

Italy, Apulia, Putignano, Carnival Parade

Two children with Halloween costumes

Halloween at New York Manhattan 2007 Halloween s eve Parade at New York city, Copyright: xZoonar.com/MassimoxLamax 8152211

Zimbabwe, Victoria Falls. Ostrich Feather Masked Dancer.

Carnival, Sciacca, Agrigento district, Sicily, Italy

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Participants in a Cajun-styled Mardi Gras celebration hold a chicken.

Basler Fasnacht, Carnival of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Europe

Woman wearing a headscarf pushing a stroller with migrant babies, paper-mache figures, satirical themed parade float at the Rosenmontagszug Carnival Parade 2011, Duesseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

BERT LAHR, JACK HALEY, JUDY GARLAND and RAY BOLGER in THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939), directed by VICTOR FLEMING.

Seville, 01/06/2019. Three Kings Parade 2019 of the Nervión organized by the La Milagrosa Sports and Cultural Center, as it passes through the Ciudad Jardín neighborhood. Photo: Raúl Doblado ARCHSEV.

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Chinese style Dan Young Lady marionettes in Jinshow Zhuang puppet store and museum, Quanzhou, Fujian Province, China

Vietnam, Hanoi, Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre, Water puppets, dancers dancing

Traditional "Doraweibla" carnival mask, Dornstadt carnival club, carnival parade, Eberhardzell, Upper Swabia, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Krampus oder Perchte, geschnitzte Holzmaske, Christkindlmarkt Schloss Hellbrunn, Hellbrunner Adventzauber, Salzburg, Österreich, Europa

Central America, Honduras, Copan Ruinas, Hotel Marina Copan. Young boy's Birthday party where birthday boy swings at a candy filled pinata.

TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE (2004), directed by TREY PARKER.

PEDRO ARMENDARIZ JR. in CAPTAIN SINBAD (1963), directed by BYRON HASKIN.

Costumed attendee at the Venice Carnival (Carnevale di Venezia), an annual festival held in Venice, Italy. Started to recall a victory of the 'Serenissima Repubblica' against the Patriarch of Aquileia, in the year 1162. In the honour of this victory, the people started to dance and gather in San Marco Square.

SPAIN - Baix Camp (district) - Catalonia - TARRAGONA. Baix Camp: Reus: Carnival; giving sweet candies

At Halloween a monster in the castle Frankenstein, Hessen, Germany, Europe

Participants of the Torres Vedras Carnival

BILLIE BURKE and JUDY GARLAND in THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939), directed by VICTOR FLEMING.

Asterix and Obelix, Asterix Park, near Paris, France, Europe

International Guggenmusiktreffen, Schwäbisch Gmünd, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Europe

Clown announces days activities at snow play area on Plains of Abraham at Quebec Winter Carnival. Quebec City, Canada. Winter.

Carnival Parade at night, Recife, Pernambuco State, Brazil

Front View Of A Clown

MUPPET TREASURE ISLAND (1996), directed by BRIAN HENSON.

Man dressed up like a pirate with creative makeup

Netherlands, South Holland, Gouda, haunted house at carnival.

Carnival in Venice

a beautiful girl in a pirate costume on the deck of a ship

EDWARD NORTON in DEATH TO SMOOCHY (2002), directed by DANNY DEVITO.

Italy, Venice. Composite of Carnival costumed models in foggy forest.

Kathakali , man performing classical dance of India MR.306

FAIRUZA BALK in RETURN TO OZ (1985), directed by WALTER MURCH.

England,London,Southwark,Masked Participant in the 'Carnaval Del Pueblo' Festival (Europes largest Latin Street Festival)

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (2004), directed by JOEL SCHUMACHER.

African American school girl on stage in theatre

Saxony's biggest carnival party in Radeburg. Since 1957, the big parade of over 65 floats has been travelling through the town

School aged boy dressed as Dracula Trick-or-Treating during Halloween

First Grade School Play.

Fallas fest popular figures will burn in March 19 th night yearly

SHIRLEY MACLAINE in NOELLE (2019), directed by MARC LAWRENCE.

Madrid, 05/04/2023. Rock Times exhibition, at the SGAE. Skeleton that is part of the set design of the album 1Bandera Negra, by Mágo de Oz. Photo: Isabel Permuy. ARCHDC.

Vietnam: Dance of the water fairies; puppets dancing on the water at the Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre, Hanoi (2016)

Revelers have fun at the carnival street party in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on February 17, 2026.

Stephani turnery

Woman and man in spooky costumes fighting sitting at table

Italy Venice Piazza San Marco Carnevale Carnival revellers dressed in costume

Krampus Procession. Laives. Italy

Czech marionette, Prague, Czech Republic, Europe

Vietnam, Hanoi, Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre, Water puppets

SPAIN - Garraf (district) - Catalonia - Barcelona. El Garraf: Sitges; Carnaval

Scarecrow

JOHNNY DEPP in ALICE IN WONDERLAND (2010), directed by TIM BURTON.

Krampus Procession. Laives. Italy

Action packed and colorful acrobatic show with women on a bicycle in Beijing, China.

RICHARD PRYOR in STIR CRAZY (1980), directed by SIDNEY POITIER.

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Water puppet performance, Hanoi, Vietnam.

2 little girls having fun in the circus

Figure on a carnival float of Blaue Funken carnivalist group, Carnival Monday procession, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

The children's opera

Fasnachts group with flutes, piccolos, Basel, Switzerland, Europe

Punch from the classic puppet show Punch and Judy sits happily next to his dog

Production by Barrie Kosky at the Komische Oper in Berlin with Guenter Papendell (musical direction: Ainrs Rubiis)

Headresses from a 1940' or 1950's Royal Opera production of the ballet 'The Nutcracker' composed by score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 1892, adapted from E. T. A. Hoffmann's story "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King".

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Carnival float, Sciacca, Agrigento district, Sicily, Italy

MASCARAS DE CARNAVAL. Location: EXTERIOR. CORDOBA. SPAIN.

EMMET OTTER'S JUG-BAND CHRISTMAS (1977), directed by JIM HENSON.

JON FAVREAU and WILL FERRELL in ELF (2003), directed by JON FAVREAU.

THE SANTA CLAUSE 3: THE ESCAPE CLAUSE (2006), directed by MICHAEL LEMBECK.

Original Film Title: THE SANTA CLAUSE 3: THE ESCAPE CLAUSE. English Title: THE SANTA CLAUSE 3: THE ESCAPE CLAUSE. Film Director: MICHAEL LEMBECK. Year: 2006.

MINISTERIO ASUNTOS EXTERIORES-CARROZA DE COMITIVA DEL EMBAJADOR PREPARANDOSE PARA SALIR. Location: DESFILE DIPLOMATICO. MADRID. SPAIN.

MEL BROOKS in HISTORY OF THE WORLD: PART I (1981), directed by MEL BROOKS.

SPAIN - Castille and Leon - BURGOS. Burgos; paseo del Espolón; "gigantillos" durante fiestas del Corpus; + músico tradicional

Carneval, Venece, Italy

KEVIN NEALON, LIAM AIKEN and MOLLY SHANNON in GOOD BOY! (2003), directed by JOHN ROBERT HOFFMAN.

Papua New Guinea, Rabaul, New Britain Isl., Baining Fire Dance, Child Tourists With Spirit Masks

People wearing masks, one of them wearing a bauta, Hallia Venezia, Schwaebisch Hall, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Maschkera, Bavarian carnival

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Spain ( Felanitx ) Balearic islands, Mallorca. The traditional dance of Cavallets, from 1603 year.

Das Festival der Surva-Maskeradenspiele in Sofia, Bulgarien Sofia, Bulgaria - January 05, 2025: The Surva masquerade games festival in Sofia, Bulgaria. People called Kukeri parade in masks and ritual costumes, perform ritual dances to drive away evil spirits in Sofia, Bulgaria Copyright: xZoonar.com/GeorgixDimitrovx 22790296

LOS TELEÑECOS in THE MUPPET MOVIE (1979), directed by JAMES FRAWLEY.

Float at the Gualeguaychu Carnival, Entre Rios Province, Argentina, Latin America, South America

THEY LIVE (1988), directed by JOHN CARPENTER.

Comic drawing about Excalibur

COBWEB (2023), directed by SAMUEL BODIN.

Singer Roß Antony in the

The Wildecker Herzbuben and host Florian Silbereisen during the Fruehlingsfest der Volksmusik or Spring Folk Music Festival, Erdgas-Arena, Riesa, Saxony, Germany, Europe

ALICE IN SPANISH WONDERLAND (1979) -Original title: ALICIA EN LA ESPAÑA DE LAS MARAVILLAS-, directed by JORGE FELIU.

Japanese men dressed as Captain Jack Sparrow and Captain Barbossa from the Pirates of the Caribbean on Halloween in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, Asia

DANNY DEVITO, COLIN FARRELL and FINLEY HOBBINS in DUMBO (2019), directed by TIM BURTON.

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