Halloween Mask #13
by Rafael Salazar
Title
Halloween Mask #13
Artist
Rafael Salazar
Medium
Digital Art - Digital Art
Description
Halloween Mask by Rafael Salazar
Artist from Colombia
Copyright 2013 All rights reserved by Rafael Salazar.
Masks and costumes were worn in an attempt to mimic the evil spirits or appease them.
Featured in the following Fine Art America groups:
Out of the Ordinary 1 a day group 10/27/2015
Part of the history of Halloween is Halloween costumes. The practice of dressing up in costumes and begging door to door for treats on holidays goes back to the Middle Ages, and includes Christmas wassailing. Trick-or-treating resembles the late medieval practice of "souling," when poor folk would go door to door on Hallowmas (November 1), receiving food in return for prayers for the dead on All Souls Day (November 2). It originated in Ireland and Britain, although similar practices for the souls of the dead were found as far south as Italy. Shakespeare mentions the practice in his comedy The Two Gentlemen of Verona (1593), when Speed accuses his master of "puling [whimpering, whining], like a beggar at Hallowmas."
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Lyric Lucas
Congratulations, your creative and unique art work is Featured on the home page of the "Out Of The Ordinary 1 a day" group "HALLOWEEN WEEK"! 10/25/15 - 10/31/15
Rafael Salazar replied:
Thank you for your support and feature of this Halloween Mask in your group Out of the Ordinary 1 a day.