#masqueraders

[whodonthear]

[girlfromtheantilles]

Jab Jab, Jab Molassie, Lansèt Kòd, and Diablo Cojuelo are versions of the ‘Devil’ Masquerade in the Caribbean. Mas is spiritual, anti-colonial, anti-imperialist, and therefore, disruptive. Dats why we get on bad suh.

(Note: there’s no devil (or hell) in African and African Diasporic religions and spirituality)

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[peninsularian]

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1974, Willie Mitchell production

[basicallyanotherwitchesthing]

Henry Kuttner - The Mask of Circe - Ace - 1975 (cover by Michael Herring)

[lakoki]

✨ . . . . . . #mokojumbie #stiltwalker #stickiskife #jabcircle #healingarts #caribbean #trinidadandtobago #carnival #loveart #performance #masqueraders #jabbing #caraqueñaperdida #shotoniphone (at Point Fortin) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ca6kgyCOKA1/?utm_medium=tumblr

[brooklynmuseum]

Egúngún masquerades strengthen connections between the living and their ancestors in West African Yorùbá communities. In The Egungun Project, Beninese photographer Leonce Raphael Agbodjélou (b. 1965) depicts contemporary masqueraders showing off their magnificent costumes. Colorful perspectives on the Republic of Benin’s heritage and culture, these formally posed photos reflect Agbodjélou’s training under his father, renowned studio portrait photographer Joseph Moise Agbodjélou. 

Curious what egúngún looks like in a different part of West Africa? Visit One: Egúngún  on view through August 18, 2019.

Posted by Kristen Windmuller-Luna Leonce Raphael Agbodjélou (Beninese, born 1965). [Untitled], 2011, printed 2015. Chromogenic photograph ⇨ [Untitled], 2011, printed 2015. Chromogenic photograph. Arts of Africa. Gifts of Jack Bell Gallery, 2016.27.1 and 2016.27.2. 

[eldanii]

Spicemas 2019 (pretty mas parade)