Masks

Feel like adding a touch of incognito to a

costume? Or just can't bear to face the

world after that big night out. Cover up!

Masks have been around since Middle Earth,

that's a couple of hundred years BC,( really

existed outside of 'the Lord of the Rings'!),

where they were used in funeral rituals to

cover the faces of the dead.

They have long since been used as

theatrical devices to tell tales, mysterious

covers for Venetian romantics, mime artists,

disguises for Zorro types and lately

increasingly for health reasons on the

street in this strange time of animal flues.

I love the various street parades around

the world, Mardi Gras and love parades,

where beautifully, ornate or dark and

dangerous masks are often worn.

But my favourite has to be the Mexican

wrestling masks seen below.

Part super hero part comic,

these guys really know the art

of crazy disguise.