It was a beautiful exhibit with lots of videos and audio to go with the different tribal areas.
Masquerades take place in different parts of the Congo for a variety of reasons. Anything from simple entertainment, demonstrations of power to connections with the spirit world.
It was a fascinating exhibit. I'll show you a few more photos tomorrow.
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I think they always look a bit frightening those masks...
Some of the masks and costumes are quite frightening. I grew up in Zambia, the Congo was our neighbour 😊
I have only two masks similar to those. Smaller ones.
They certainly don't look friendly. I particularly like that 2nd one, Sharon.
Love it! African masks and carvings are so interesting. I'm glad they had video & audio to go with them.
Pretty impressive masks. I really like the second one too. The ones that have on a costume are scary looking.
These are fascinating.
Beautiful.
Masks are really interesting. I imagine if you add in traditional music they're pretty amazing.
Banjo , my grandson,would like to see these.
Love these, really arty and creative.
African masks can be captivating, can't they?
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