Cover the Truth Of You

Did you ever realize all people in this world, they're getting more fake and wearing a ''invisible mask'' on certain time in social world?

Invisible Mask is represent someone is hiding his or her real identity to other people. Mostly, Peoples will do this just because they want to avoid the danger or harmful that bring from others, and want to protect self-esteem.

However, that is just what I'm discover and observe for many years through social world but doesn't means is bad or negative.


Now, come back to the question what is MASK?

Basically, mask is a covering for all or part of the face in particular. A mask is an object normally worn on the face, typically for protection, disguise, performance or entertainment. Masks have been used since antiquity for both ceremonial and practical purposes.

The use of masks in rituals or ceremonies is a very ancient human practice across the world,although masks can also be worn for protection, in hunting, in sports, in feasts or in wars – or simply used as ornamentation. Some ceremonial or decorative masks were not designed to be worn. Although the religious use of masks has waned, masks are used sometimes in drama therapy or psychotherapy.


Mask have many types
Ritual masks

-Ritual mask occur in many country. The function of the masks may be magical or religious. So, Different Country, Different Culture or Religion and Different kind of Mask.

• Africa
In West Africa, masks are used in masquerades that form part of religious ceremonies enacted to communicate with spirits and ancestors.
=Yoruba
=Igbo 
 



Yoruba Masquerade Mask, Nigeria

Yoruba
These maskers have the power to communicate with the deceased, Yoruba people strongly believe that when they die, they enter the realm of the ancestors or spirit world from where they have influence and power on earth.
 
 
Igbo
Igbo Mmo society that represents the spirits of deceased maidens and their mothers with masks symbolizing beauty. Common characteristics found on the masks are- finely sculptured thin and small well-placed women's features, which are accentuated by tattoos.
 

 

It would have been danced at masquerades with the masquerader concealed by raffia.

 

 

 

 

• China
 In China masks are thought to have originated in ancient religious ceremonies but i was wondering that the mask of ''Bian Lian''. Bian Lian (literally "Face-Changing") is an ancient Chinese dramatic art that is part of the more general Sichuan opera. Performers wear brightly colored costumes and move to quick, dramatic music.
I was wondering the techniques how they can turn it faster as possible.
Besides, the mask have around thousand of types, different brightly colored of the mask. 

 

• Japan

In Japan, Noh masks are used for theatre and dance performances. Each mask represents a certain person, hero, devil, ghost, or legendary animal, depending on what the character is in the performance. I will show some of the example here.

One type of Noh mask is the hannya mask. The person who wears this mask is supposed to play a jealous and evil woman who has turned into a demon. The pointed horns and the metal eyes and teeth are used to show anger and wrath.




The fang teeth and the evil looking mouth show the fear that is portrayed in this mask.





















There are some mask from different countries that i found.
After doing the research, we have group meeting and the ideas for our mask video was came out from a book and the picture is kind of like the rain is falling from the sky.

and someone taking an this kind of Umbrella ''TRADITIONAL UMBRELLA''

so, this picture and actually inspired us for our video. When we see the umbrella, let us think about the the women of Japanese with traditional makeup.

 

and this kind of makeup also inspired us to ''MIME''

 

 

MIME is someone who uses mime as a theatrical medium or as a performance art, involving miming, or the acting out a story through body motions, without use of speech. English, such a performer would typically be referred to as a mummer. Miming is to be distinguished from silent comedy, in which the artist is a seamless character in a film or sketch.

 

 

Both have a similar make up. As we know, mostly we using a mask for protect our face. or Mask used for hiding the identity or pretend to another identity.

Why we can't use makeup as a MASK to present it?

Make up consider to mask too cause is just using cosmetic cover our face and that show different identity of our.

 

Mime never ever show his true identity after he make up and perform on stage. He still hiding his own identity to audience, we never read his mind or guess who he really is. He is pretending to another person.

 

Video stay tune!!