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 ...

These wooden masks, used in an ancient form of Japanese theater called Noh, were made to be expressionless. But performers are charged with using slight and subtle movements to reveal the hidden ...

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 ...

DAKAR, Senegal — The king of Belgium on Wednesday handed over a large wooden mask to the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, one of thousands of objects taken long ago to the European ...

In the 1700s Venice had become Europe’s “city of masks” thanks to the popularity of its Carnival; and the fashion of wearing masks in public started to take hold at other social events too.

Video. Locals in Altos, Paraguay celebrated the Kamba Ra’anga festival on Monday with fire, dancing and traditional costumes.

A roughly 1,800-year-old wooden mask that was discovered at the Nishi-Iwata archaeological site in Higashi-Osaka, Osaka Prefecture (Provided by the Osaka Center for Cultural Heritage) ...

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 ...