#ritualic

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" The devils ". People have resorted to the wearing of masks ever since the remotest times, with a view to protecting themselves, by concealing their identity so as to keep the malefic spirits at a safe distance away. One of those moments of crisis, when the threat of evil seemed impending, was the very passing from one year to another, all along the twelve cosmogonical days, when one world was dying and another took shape, at the end and the beginning of every year. #traditional #romanian #masks #folklore #archaic #ritualic #dance #protection #rites