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 ...

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) ...