M A S K

MASK, is an object normally worn on the face, typically for protection, disguise, performance or entertainment. Masks have been used since antiquity for both ceremonial and practical purposes. They are usually worn on the face, although they may also be positioned for effect elsewhere on the wearer's body, so in parts of Australia giant totem masks cover the body, whilst Inuit women use finger masks during storytelling and dancing.

There are so many different kind of mask around the world, and the Venice Masks are my favourite. 
The Carnival of Venice is an annual festival, held in Venice, Italy. The Carnival ends with Lent, forty days before Easter on Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday. 

The Venetian carnival tradition is most famous for its distinctive masks.

Venice Masks are the most beautiful mask ever, deeply in love with the design. I love the amazing design & also they are all so colorful. Those interesting design, make you can't get your eyes off it. 

The story behind Venice mask:

There is very 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 nun's convents while masked. The law also prohibits painting one's face, or wearing false beards or wigs.

Near the end of the Republic, the wearing of 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 color.

Everyone of us wearing a mask everyday, a mask to protect our identity from the rest of the world. A projection of who we want others to believe we are, other reasons are, protection of self, and even hiding from self. I'm those kind of person who like to hide everything from the rest of the world, I feel unnecessary telling others my feelings.. I wear a mask to myself from getting hurts and also to hiding myself from others. 

" Listen to your heart,

Why do you hide, feelings of your heart,

Listen to your heart, so that we can make a start."