they are made from coconuts and also paper mache... you can use glue and mix it with hot water.. then dip newspaper into it and then stick the newspaper on a balloon that has about a 9 in. diameter.
They are called "vejigante" and are used in traditionals festival celebrations.
Las Mascaras de vejigante are masks made in Puerto Rico, often made out of coconut shells or paper mache. They also have many horns and the most common colors that are used on them are red and black. The word vejigante comes from the Spanish word "vejiga" which means bladder and "gigante" meaning giant. During carnivals in Puerto Rico, vejigantes walk around carrying an inflated cow bladder on a stick and harmlessly wack people in the head with such.
who made the carnival masks
zaka masks were made in1986
The masks that were used as Egyptian "death masks" were usually made of gold and they had the purpose of was to give a dead face to the afterlife. The other masks were funerary masks. These were often made of wood and were made in to separate pieces.
well masks are made of different stuffs.many countries have their own ways of making masks but the basic material for mask making are clay or wood.
they make 30,000,000 masks made in a year
They made their own masks
they started making trestle masks in 1994.
Trestle masks are masks that show expression, they are used in performances of mime and are usually made of plastic.
Traditional Venetian masks are made of papier mache. Imitations can be made of plaster, porcelain or plastic.
at a festival in Portorico