Maskarak Euskal Herriko tradizioan

Quijera Pérez, José Antonio; Osa Muñoa, Nekane

Publication year:

2009

Publication place:

Donostia-San Sebastián

ISBN:

978-84-8419-180-3

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Summary

The mask is one of the elements comprising different festival rites, both in the Basque Country and in other places. This study of masks starts out from ethnographic aspects and is based on field work. It brings together different types of masks which are classified anda nalysed in accordance with different criteria. Furthermore, each mask is situated in its corresponding festival or rite, in order to make the study more comprehensible for there searcher and the reader. Finally, a comparison is made in some case sof the masks in the Basque Country with those in surrounding areas.

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