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Traditional Masks and Costumes

Vibrant displays of traditional masks and costumes from various cultures, featuring intricate designs and bright colors during cultural festivals.

Tanzania, Kilimanjaro, Dancer With Mask

Mummy, catacombs of the Capuchins, Capuchin crypt in Palermo, Sicily, Italy, Europe

Capuchin crypt, Convento dei Cappuccini with mummies standing and lying, in full regalia or dressed, laid out, Palermo, Sicily, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, Europe

Canada, British Columbia, Vancouver Island. Raven Holding Totem Pole Above Son Of Indian Chief Above Beaver, Carver, Douglas Lafortune 1989.

Cristo preocupado, escultura de madera, siglo XIX, museo de los iconos, castillo Real, Sanok, Podkarpackie Voivodeship, Poland, Eastern Europe

The Korean Mask dance, or Talchum (), could be characterized as a Korean dance performed while wearing a mask, mimicry, miming, speaking and even sometimes singing.

Myanmar, Shan, Pindaya. The fantastic Buddhist Caves at Pindaya in Myanmar where a giant evil spider guards the entrance.

Benin, Ketou, Plateau Department. A carved wooden mask representing the female sex. The mask fits onto a dancer's head with his face covered by a veil.

Krampuslauf or Perchtenlauf during advent in Munich, an old tradition taking place during Christmas in the Bavarian Alps, Austria and South Tyrol, Germany.

Indonesia, Bali. Traditional male classical Barong dancer with performance mask before performance at performance near Ubud, Bali Island, Indonesia. (Editorial Use Only)

Krampuslauf during advent in Munich, an old alpine tradition taking place during Christmas in Bavaria, Austria and South Tyrol.

Krampuslauf or Perchtenlauf during advent in Munich, Germany. An old tradition that takes place during Christmas in the alps of Bavaria, Austria and South Tyrol.

Percht from the Freilassinger-Erzteufln club, Maxglaner Krampuslauf or Perchten Procession, Maxglan, Salzburg, Salzburg State, Austria, Europe

Dancer wearing Kananga mask at the Dama celebration in Tireli, Mali

Skull, funfair, fun park, Oktoberfest, Munich, Upper Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Intricately Detailed Dead Mask with Glowing Eyelids and Gold Metalworks which Starts to Melt

Daruma doll drop

Portrait of a man wearing a traditional costume, Aguas Calientes, Cusco Region, Peru

Sun god, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India Copyright: xShivjixJoshi/DinodiaxPhotox

Kaneval masks of shepherds and farmers of Barbagia, Museo della Vita e delle Tradizioni Popolari Sarde, Sardinia, Italy, Europe

Asia,China, Hong Kong, Kowloon, Tsim Sha Tsui, Chinese New Year, decoration,

Solomon Islands, Santa Ana, aka Owaraha, village of Ghupuna. Traditional welcome dance, mudmen.

Seattle. Face painted member of The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence in Fremont Solstice Parade.

A mask man on Hemis festival at Hemis Gompa Ladakh Jammu and Kashmir India Copyright: xAnilxDave/DinodiaxPhotox

Ni-Ou sculpture (closed mouth style) at Hozomon Gate, the entrance gate of Senso-ji Temple, Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan

Small human effigy figure , Effigies, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Close up of man wearing hooded mask at Semana Santa Easter festival, Cadiz,Andalucia,Spain

The blessing hand of Saint Pio The blessing hand of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina Copyright: xZoonar.com/GoneWithTheWindx 9231493

Japan, Shikoku, Uchiko, Uchiko-za theatre, kabuki, masks

Moros y cristianos, fiesta de La Patrona, Pollença, ,Mallorca, balearic islands, Spain.

gigantes de carton piedra, Iglesia de la Merced, Antigua Guatemala, departamento de Sacatepéquez, República de Guatemala, América Central.

Sculpture of Gomukha to channel the drain from the Garbhagria of the Shri Trinetshwar Mahadev Tempels, Taranetar, Surendranagar, Gujarat, India. Sculpture of Gomukha to channel the drain from the Garbhagria of the Shri Trinetshwar Mahadev Tempels, Taranetar, Surendranagar, Gujarat, India.

Figure of a witch, Walpurgis Night, St. Andreasberg, Harz Mountains, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Cardboard Stone Giants, Church of La Merced, Antigua Guatemala, Sacatepéquez Department, Republic of Guatemala, Central America.

Deification of Vermilion Heap Decorating vermilion heap with eyes, nose and mouth of Deity at a store near Amba Bhavani Temple at Tulajapur, Maharashtra, India, Asia Copyright: xZoonar.com/MahanteshxCxMorabadx 9527007

Japan, Honshu, Kanto, Tokyo, Asakusa, Jidai Matsurai Festival, Parade Participant

Close_up of statue in entrance to Maori Meeting House Whara runanga in Maori language, Waitangi National Reserve, Waitangi, Bay of Islands, Northland,...

Milk pouring on eighteen meter high statue of bhagwan saint gomateshwara bahubali during mahamasthakabhisheka Jain festival Shravanabelagola in Karnataka India February-2006 Copyright: xManoejxPaateel/DinodiaxPhotox

Typical artisan mask for traditional masquerade celebration, Iberian Museum of Masks and Costume, Braganza (Bragança),Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Portugal.

The statue in the temple is gold

Asia,India, Kerala, Kathakali Dancer Making Up

Carnival mask Venice Italy

«Caput SS. Thebeorum Mart:». Skull-relic of holy martyr of the Theban Legion, Relics of Martioda, Alava Fine Arts Museum, Vitoria, Basque Country, Spain.

Mime artist dressed as the Virgin Mary, outside the Sacre Coeur, Paris, France

Small human effigy figure , Effigies, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

WEST NEW GUINEA (IRIAN JAYA), ASMAT REGION, SPIRIT MASK

Bizarre masks in the Monkey Forest Road, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Turmeric water pouring on face of 57 feet high statue of lord Bahubali known as Gomateshvara in Mahamasthakabisheka celebration ; Sravanabelagola in Hassan district of Karnataka ; India

Monk's head covered with gold leaf, Wat Chalong, largest temple on Phuket, Thailand, Asia

SG_Vogogelscheuchen_01.tif scarecrows at the parish hall of the Evangelical Church in Unterburg, Solingen, Bergisches Land, North Rhine-Westphalia, Europa

Africa, Benin, Ouidah. Sacred Forest of Kapasse (aka Foret Sacree), statue of phallic voodoo deity.

Halloween is a fun traditional holiday. Pumpkin monster, dark background and candles. Witchcraft magical event.. Halloween is a fun traditional holiday. Pumpkin monster, dark background and candles.

Krampuslauf or Perchtenlauf during advent in Munich, an old tradition taking place during Christmas in the Bavarian Alps, Austria and South Tyrol, Germany.

Goddess durga festival, kolkata, west bengal, india, asia Copyright: xBxPxMaiti/DinodiaxPhotox

Tlingit Indian, AK USA

Geisha, Kyoto, Japan

Statue of Buddha covered with snow, Okuno-in cemetary, Osaka Prefecture, Japan.

Spain, Rioja, medieval village of Briones (classified among the most beautiful villages in Spain), monster-headed dummy

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, South Georgia, Cumberland Bay, Grytviken. Whalers Church. A bronze cast head celebrates the life of its builder C.A. Larsen

Portrait of a shaman holding a steaming horn

Halloween Ghost, Los Angeles, California

Portrait of ghostly devil in the hell, a place regarded in various religions as a spiritual realm of evil and suffering

Wood folk_style carving in front of The Rusty Anchor restaurant, Pleasant Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, North America

Tac Say Catholic Church. The figurine of the boy playing the flute on the back of the ox refers to a well-known metaphor in Chan Buddhism (Japanese Zen) about training the mind for enlightenment. Bac Lieu. Vietnam.

Thailand, Phuket, Tattoo On Mans Back.

Pilgrimage Leonhardi-Ritt in St. Leonhard am Wonneberg

Medieval Themed Texas Renaissance Festival

A Chamoru cultural blessing is performed during the Asinan Memorial ceremony at Pago Bay Bridge in Yona, Guam on July 3, 2022. Guam was liberated on July 21, 1944, which ended the Japanese occupation that had begun in 1941.

Representatives of the world's religions dance polonaise, Muslim, Catholic, Jewish, themed float on the theme of tolerance by Jacques Tilly, Rose Monday parade Duesseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

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