Halloween is round the corner and in a short while the last minute rush will be on - a rush to organize parties, candies, cakes, decorations, where, with whom, how long and most importantly how to dress. Should it be a full body costume, a partial costume or, should you wear a mask (that fascinating and exciting make believe artifact that every little boy should experience)? boris brejcha mask
"The mask": That thing that hides your face and facial expressions from everybody around, that openly anonymous costume, that traditional Halloween way of dressing up. Come to think of it masks were the first types of costumes that were used (together with make up). The first ones were either masks made of wood or bones or the actual animal head, while the make up was from soot.
In fact the whole Halloween festivity goes back a couple of thousand years ago with the Celts in Europe. It took place at the end of autumn, on the night the dead came back to earth. The living hid, wore costumes and camouflaged themselves. Their instruments were masks.
When you use a mask, more than any other type of costume, you make yourself unrecognizable and anonymous. And this, during Halloween, is great fun. Think about it, you can enjoy yourself with peculiar comments, actions and jokes - including scaring others - and if you are able to disguise your voice, it makes it even more difficult to be recognized.
For the practical joker a mask is a godsend.
Imagine this scenario: You are at a party; nobody really knows who you are. A few may guess but they are not really sure. You come up to people, say nothing - laugh weirdly. Just pick it up from there and let your imagination take over - and then during the night you change your mask a couple more times. This can be the beginning of a great night.
If you add a little make up or a wig to your disguise, the effect can be even better.
Finally if, for whatever reason, your are caught out without a costume and time is running against you, you have a great solution, a Halloween mask - put it on, dress up in rags, old clothes or clothes that are way to big for you. Another great solution is to dress completely in black, plus the mask of your choice.
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