My World: Perchten

[Michael Nagel]

More pictures, continued from here. If you want to know what it is, here is a link and here is the homepage of that group (in german).


Before all starts, one of the instruments and a mask:

Vor dem Start​

The art is not in the picture but in the masks/cosumes shown in the picture, walking to the first dance:

Los geht's​

The central character - the mask/costume is the devil on one side and goddess on the other side. I did not get a good shot of the goddess. here is the devil:

Frau Percht 2​

The fire-bird:

Feuervogel​

One more:

Klabauf 2​

Best regards,
Michael

 

[Antonio Correia]

Very interesting Michael !

Thank you for sharing ! !

 

[Michael Nagel]

Antonio,

Thanks - it is an interesting tradition.

A few more.


Documentary shot of the musicians marching. The masks here are called Schönperchten (the beautiful variety of this traditional mask):

Musik!​

This mask, part of the schiechen Perchten (the ugly variety of this traditional mask) symbolizes 'eat or be eaten', the name is Gfrees:

Gfrees​

This mask, part of the schiechen Perchten is called Bohrzahn which can be translated to drilling tooth or piercing tooth.

Bohrzahn 2​

These masks, part of the schiechen Perchten are called Holzmandl, they symbolize the forest spirits:

Holzmandl 2​

A silhouette shot of one of the masks from the first picture in this post (the third from the left). Unfortunately the light on the swan heads was not complete.

Schönpercht - Profil​

Best regards,
Michael