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The proof that hiding your face is the oldest way to find yourself.
means Masks are coverings worn over the face, whether to conceal identity, protect, perform, or transform into someone or something else.
from From the late Latin 'masca,' meaning a spectre or witch, which threaded through Italian 'maschera' and French 'masque' before reaching English in the 1500s. There's a deeper, murkier root too — possibly the Arabic 'maskhara,' a buffoon or figure of mockery — fitting for a word that has always lived between the haunting and the theatrical.
- venice law
- Masks were once banned to stop nighttime crime sprees
- theater roots
- The word person comes from persona, a stage mask
- surgical origin
- Doctors masked up only around the year 1897
- funeral gold
- Tutankhamun was buried wearing a 22-pound gold mask
- face muscles
- Hiding expression makes lying psychologically easier
venetian carnival masks — traditional decorated masks worn in venice, italy during carnival since the 12th century
japanese noh masks — carved wooden masks used in classical japanese noh theater for over 600 years