Throughout the world, ‘mask’ is universal and cuts across various cultures. They are used for their power and mystery to assume an identity of a supernatural being or a man or even an animal which could be for ritual rites or theatre performances. The Greco-Roman era saw performers use masks to assume different characters at the same time. In this case, it is a costume, in some other cases, it is used for ritual rites where strokes and drawn symbols are on the face of the individual or a mask.
Masquerades, in their uniqueness, offer different functions, varying in one’s community. The Igbo’s called the masked spirits Muo while the Yorubas called them Egungun which translates to “spirit”. These ancestral masked spirits are assumed in their masked form; an act that appears mundane, but hold so much meaning indeed. These prestigious and fear-provoking masquerades were often used at ceremonies like burials, new yam festivals and coronations.
Artists have used their artworks to encapsulate and illustrate what the world is going through. Visual designer Hayati Evren’s “Corona Lisa”- a Mona Lisa artwork showing her wear a face mask and sipping a corona beer through a pierced mask is proof of this. Like our tradition of masquerading, each time we wear a mask it is a deed of channelling the warrior in us to be spirited, leaving the gazing eyes to tell the tales of pain, loss, hope and love.
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