subject: African Masks Are Not Exactly A Piece Of Modern Art [print this page] Africa the tribal nation of the world is still a place on earth that amazes many wild lovers. There are still many tribes living in the wild of Africa. Although it is a backward nation but actually it is a place which is very rich in traditions and culture. They respect their mother culture and that is the best part of the tribes of Africa. They still follow the rules and rituals give by their ancestors to their tribes. They are the one who have not changed their close to earth attitude and nature.
One of the sacred rituals or maybe we should call it a traditions in Africa is to wear tribal African masks. It is a religious ritual to wear masks at occasions. These masks are basically worn by the member of the tribe during the social gatherings, the cultural ritual dance and many other occasions. These masks always carry a social message and story being its designs. In African tribes, Mask making is an Art that passed through a father to his son but for art lover out there in the other part of the world these Masks are a perfect example of Modern Art.
But actually these African masks are not just a piece of art but a thing that carry the true African culture and tradition. Some masks are made to please the goddess of power. Those sorts of masks are significantly very much different from the normal social gatherings occasional masks. Other masks that is very common and similar to each other. But do keep in mind that all the masks created in African tribes are very much of their own kind. They all carry a certain message that differs from the very other mask created by the other one. Sometimes, these masks are to show some respect to the mother in the tribe or the Mother Nature. Over all creating and wearing masks by the different tribes of Africa summarize that even though these are beautiful for the outer world but still they are very much traditional.
Materials used while creating these African masks are of different king according to the purpose of the occasion. Sometimes the material of the mask to be created is decided by the importance of the occasion or ceremony. Sometimes, material used in these masks is Wood and tree leaves. Sometimes material used in these masks is stone and sometime it is of metal. Very often the tribes also use the Ivory, animal bones, while creating their occasional masks.
