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    Mask Dances of Bhutan

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    Mask Dance (Cham) Classical dances in Bhutan are reflected in the religious mask pageants and ritual dances. With the introduction of Buddhism in the 8th century AD by Guru Padmasambhava from Tibet‚ ritual and mask dances gained roots in the Bhutanese system as part of the Mahayana Buddhist tradition. With the birth of the great Terton (treasure revealer) Pema Lingpa in the 15th century‚ the mask dances in Bhutan took firm roots and gained an impetus as part of the Bhutanese cultural life. The Ter

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    "The Mask of Apollo" revolves around the adventures of Nikeratos‚ a young actor who travels the countryside of ancient Greece and Sicily while performing in various plays. In one play‚ Kadmos by Sophokles the Younger‚ Nikeratos is required to wear an old mask of Apollo as part of his costume. The mask is fifty years old and is rumored to bring good luck. Nikeratos is impressed with the mask and comes to believe that it possesses special powers. He begins to make reverent gestures toward it as when

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    Welcome to the Monkey House

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    Erin Lowe- also author of many "outstanding" American History essays.... of which two are published somewhere here..... one about Peter Noyes‚ and another about Mercantilism..... "Books won’t stay banned. They won’t burn. Ideas won’t go to jail… In the long run of history‚ the censor and the inquisitor have always lost. The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas. The source of better ideas is wisdom. The surest path to wisdom is a liberal education." The only way that the ideas of this

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    Bundu Mask Analysis

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    Victor Hoang /Jack Nguyen; Period 4 Art Analysis AP Art History; 2015-2016; Silvertooth Title: Bundu Mask or Sowei Helmet Mask Artists/Architecture: Made by Sande Society and Mende People‚ carved by a male carver Date: Late 19th – Early 20th Centuries 250: Y Period/Culture: Pan-West African‚ Mende Location: Moyamba District‚ Sierra Leone‚ Liberia‚ Guinea‚ Ivory Coast‚ Brooklyn Museum Scale/Size: 39.4 cm x 23.5 cm x 26 cm Patron: Sande Society; Sande

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    What Is A Mask Beneficial

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    Masks‚ what they are and why they’re beneficial Ian Afseth April 10‚ 2015 7/8 What is a mask? You probably know what a physical mask is‚ but what about

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    Hiding Behind the Mask

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    27 January 2011 Hiding behind the Mask As a non-traditional student attending college‚ I sometimes ponder on how I have secluded myself. I am taking both online and face-to-face classes‚ and seem to hide my fears one time or another. Like Paul Laurence Dunbar in his poem‚ “We Wear the Mask” I can tell that different types of people do hide behind the mask rather than being honest with themselves‚ because I seem to do that also‚ whether it is to save ourselves or the feelings of another.

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    African Chokwe Masks

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    Chokwe Masks The term Chokwe has at least 30 different spellings. Their history dates back to the 15th century‚ when a Lunda queen married a Luba prince Chibinda Ilunga. Because a member of the Lunda aristocracy disapproved of the marriage‚ the queen and prince migrated south to present-day Angola. There they founded several kingdoms‚ each headed by a god-king. The masks they created probably played important roles in religious beliefs and institutional practices‚ but today many Chokwe masks have

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    In‚ “The Monkey’s Paw” by W. W. Jacobs‚ Mr. White’s actions towards the monkey’s paw is very suspicious. He is suspicious because when the sergeant threw the monkey’s paw in the fire‚ Mr. White quickly pulled it out. “White...stooped down and snatched it off.” This proved that Mr. White believed in the three wishes the paw would bring them. Mr. White could’ve let the paw burn but instead‚ he snatched it out. He could’ve listened to the sergeant or this horrible stuff would’ve happened to them. Secondly

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    Antigone Mask Project

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    Daniel Okolo Antigone Mask Project In the Greek Theatre‚ the actors used masks in order to communicate the characters to the audience. One actor could play several different characters‚ and each character would have several masks‚ in order to show different emotions. Choose two different characters in Antigone. Complete the character analysis worksheet below for each character. Design a mask for each of those characters. Trace the shape of your face on a large sheet of paper. The mask should cover the

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    Monkey Observation Paper

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    Figure 4 from the paper displays the results from the automated monkey Movement-Assessment Panel (mMAP) testing system. In this experiment‚ the motor performance times of monkey’s retrieving small food items were tested using an automated mMAP. There were 12 trials conducted with a 30 second delay between each trial. There were three different levels of difficulty: platform task was the lowest in difficulty‚ the straight rod task was moderate in difficulty‚ and the q-mark task was the most difficult

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