Made from cotton, silk, leather, and feathers, the ensemble is, in fact, an early 20th century Mongolian shaman's costume called Oracle’s Attire. A set of small masks that represent jokers show ...

17. “Dancing Demons: Ceremonial Masks of Mongolia” comprises more than 60 pieces, including a shaman’s outfit, a skull drum, a pair of telescopic trumpets, a two-string violin with a scroll ...

are reminiscent of shamanism. He is the main figure in the Tsam mask dance, in which he appears in the role of a clown and dolt. Mongolian masks symbolizing the actual presence of a deity never ...

Mongolian shamanism includes religious beliefs and practises of shamans who enter trances to communicate with deities and spiritual beings who then possess the shaman's body. Shamans wear costumes and ...

“And this was the shaman! I immediately saw the first images of the film, the story of a shaman peeling off his mask to reveal this young man behind the elderly spirit.” ...

Loosely united around themes of shamanism and community ritual ... object in the museum’s collection is a stunning Begtse mask from Mongolia dating to the early 20th century and adorned with ...

The surprise arrived when the ritual concluded and the shaman’s mask came off ... having troubles myself in my twenties as a modern Mongolian, how to navigate between who I am and who I should ...

The surprise arrived when the ritual concluded and the shaman’s mask came off ... having troubles myself in my twenties as a modern Mongolian, how to navigate between who I am and who I should ...