In
African culture masks were used as a part of costumes during
ceremonies. Wearing masks during all rituals was crucial. Every mask
had symbolic meaning and represented spirit of dead. Person who wore
it made an attempt to control evil forces by recalling spirits from
mask. African masks usually presents animals, it means the closeness
to the nature.
The
mask makers were provided with the respect among tribe. Symbols on
the masks had deeper meaning so mask makers had to have great
knowledge about his job. Mask are made from wood. There are two main
reasons why wood. The first one is that it is easy to get and the
other is that people from Africa believed
that trees had souls, so before cutting down they had to give
sacrifices to the trees. Masks were decorated with geometrical
patterns.
Examples of African masks:
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