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Today, we wear masks on special ___1___ such as at fancy
dress parties.
However, in ancient times, masks were used for
religious ___2___. For instance, in Africa, witch-doctors wore masks to
cast ___3___ evil
spirits, which they believed were the ___4___ of
diseases in both human
beings ___5___ animals. Some tribes in New Guinea
consult their masks
___6___ their problems, talking to them
___7___ if they
could reply to their ___8___.
Ancient Egyptians made masks from the skulls of
___9___
warriors
because they believed that the people who ___10___ them
would be able to
inherit the brave ___11___ of the dead warriors. The
aboriginal totem poles, ___12___
are gigantic wood carvings with faces painted
___13___
them, are also masks ___14___ a religious significance.
You can easily ___15___ them in Australia.
On stage, painted masks are worn by ___16___ playing
different roles.
Mimes, for ___17___, are silent plays in
___18___ the
actors put on
___19___ masks to convey various moods to the audience
without ___20___ a word. |
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Today, we wear masks on special
occasions such as at fancy
dress parties.
However, in ancient times, masks were used for
religious purposes. For instance, in Africa, witch-doctors wore masks to
cast out evil
spirits, which they believed were the
cause of
diseases in both human
beings and animals. Some tribes in New Guinea
consult their masks
about their problems, talking to them
as if they
could reply to their
questions/queries.
Ancient Egyptians made masks from the skulls of
dead
warriors
because they believed that the people who
wore them
would be able to
inherit the brave qualities of the dead warriors. The
aboriginal totem poles,
which are gigantic wood carvings with faces painted
on
them, are also masks with a religious significance.
You can easily find them in Australia.
On stage, painted masks are worn by
actors playing
different roles.
Mimes, for example, are silent plays in
which the
actors put on different masks to convey various moods to the audience
without saying a word. |
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