Wood is used not just for those masks, but for the houses, many propped up on stilts to keep mice at bay. Firewood, still essential protection against the bitter winter cold, is stored beneath ...

During Carnival, villagers wearing wooden masks and dressing like fearsome “tschäggättä” terrorize the streets A Lötschental Valley resident dressed as a Tschägättä strolls around the ...

An almost perfectly preserved wooden mask from around the early third century that likely featured in important farming festivals was uncovered at an archaeological site in Osaka Prefecture.

Wood is used not just for those masks, but for the houses, many propped up on stilts to keep mice at bay. Firewood, still essential protection against the bitter winter cold, is stored beneath ...