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Masks have always been an important feature of the Venetian carnival. Traditionally people were allowed to wear them between the festival of Santo Stefano (St. Stephen's Day, December 26) and the start of the carnival season at midnight of Shrove Tuesday. As masks were also allowed on Ascension and from October 5 to Christmas, people could spend a large portion of the year in disguise. Maskmakers (mascherari) enjoyed a special position in society, with their own laws and their own guild.
Venetian masks can be made of leather, porcelain or using the original glass technique. The original masks were rather simple in design, decoration, and often had a symbolic and practical function. Nowadays, most of them are made with the application ofgesso and gold leaf and are all hand-painted using natural feathers and gems to decorate.
There is little evidence explaining the motive for the earliest mask wearing in Venice. One scholar argues that covering the face in public was a uniquely Venetian response to one of the most rigid class hierarchies in European history.
The first documented sources mentioning the use of masks in Venice can be found as far back as the 13th century. The Great Council made it a crime to throw scented eggs.The document decrees that masked persons were forbidden to gamble.
Another law in 1339 forbade Venetians from wearing vulgar disguises and visiting convents while masked. The law also prohibited painting one's face, or wearing false beards or wigs.
Near the end of the Republic, the wearing of the masks in daily life was severely restricted. By the 18th century, it was limited only to about three months from December 26. The masks were traditionally worn with decorative beads matching in colour.
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After all the snow has melted so many face masks are along sidewalks. Quebec and Prince Edward Island are the only two provinces extending their mask mandates only until the end of this month. Other provinces such as Ontario have resisted to reimpose public health restrictions including mask mandates. Unfortunately we are now in the 6’th wave of the COVID-19 pandemic due to the Omicron BA-2 subvariant. Regrettably, rapid antigen testing now only works 37% and most people can’t access hospitals PCR testing that’s restricted. So, we can’t actually determine the number of active cases. However, sewer water testing in our province just reported between 100,000 and 120,000 new active cases of the virus each day, a far cry from 4,224 officially reported yesterday due to the limits of PCR testing.
Vaccination rates vary across the country, but research has shown the shots help reduce severe outcome’s especially in older (70+) individuals and people with co-morbidity. Our Health Unit recommends all over 60 get the 4’th booster. They also referenced the current severity of the new variant with the most deaths in the past 3 months compared to the last 2 years when COVID-19 started.
Fortunately me and my family have yet to catch the virus’s but the risk has surged so it might happen if I stop masking. Obviously working I have to continue wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
So I won’t dump my masks!
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[...] Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth [...]
-- Quote by Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
Venice, Italy (February, 2008)
Because it is still the period of masks, I present these masks from Zurich pride parade. They are very spectacular, but I do not know to what extent they can be used for protection against the new coronavirus. :}
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Another attempt of folding a mask. This time with painted watercolor paper.
technique by Russel Sutherland
One of 2 gorgeous venetian masks a friend bought for my sister when there was a masked ball in the village
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Hollow face optical illusion. It is an optical illusion in which the perception of concave mask of the face appears for our visualisation as the normal convex face.
Today I found words:
“Time is an illusion.”
― Albert Einstein
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About time!
This thing has taken too damn long, let me tell you! Hopefully it'll have been worth the wait #meme