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Page 164
... masks , enact weird rituals before the village shrine . A devotee makes an offering of a cock . The dancer grabs it , chops off its head in one stroke , gives a blessing , and hands the bloody gift back to the devotee . This ceremony is ...
... masks , enact weird rituals before the village shrine . A devotee makes an offering of a cock . The dancer grabs it , chops off its head in one stroke , gives a blessing , and hands the bloody gift back to the devotee . This ceremony is ...
Page 169
... masks have only one large bulging eye , with a cobra hissing out from one nostril . The design of these masks lies between the strongly styl- ized tribal masks of Africa and the highly polished , so- phisticated masks of the Japanese Nō ...
... masks have only one large bulging eye , with a cobra hissing out from one nostril . The design of these masks lies between the strongly styl- ized tribal masks of Africa and the highly polished , so- phisticated masks of the Japanese Nō ...
Page 560
... masks used in tragedy and 17 female masks and lists the characteristics of the comedy series , which are partic- ularly exaggerated and grotesque . Crowning the mask and adding more inches and importance to its wearer sat the onkos , a ...
... masks used in tragedy and 17 female masks and lists the characteristics of the comedy series , which are partic- ularly exaggerated and grotesque . Crowning the mask and adding more inches and importance to its wearer sat the onkos , a ...
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