Traditional Sri Lankan Hand Made Mini Mask Gift Item And Home Decor

Product details of Traditional Sri Lankan Hand Made Mini Mask Gift Item And Home Decor

• Traditional Mask
• Attractive Wall Decoration Item
• 100% Hand Made
• Applicable Size For Any Place In House
• Multi Color 4 Designs
• Interesting Gift Item
• Unique And Attractive Design

Ambalangoda Galle District, Southern Province of Sri Lanka. The town is famous for its ancient demon masks and devil dancers. The The traditional masks are carved from light Balsa like Kaduru wood (Nux vomica). The wood is smoke dried for a week in preparation. The hand carved and hand painted masks in traditional dance dramas are both vibrant and colorful. Masks are created for three different types of dancing rituals: 'Kolam', which tell mocking stories of traditional Sri Lankan colonial life; 'Sanni', or devil dancing masks, used in a type of exorcism ceremony to heal people of persisting illnesses believed to be inflicted by demons; and 'Raksha' masks, which are used in festivals and processions. The Naga Raksha (Cobra demon) mask of the 'Raksha Kolama' (demon dance), consists of a ferocious face with bulging, popping & staring eyes, a carnivorous tongue lolling out of a wide mouth armed to the hilt with set of fanged teeth, all topped by a set of cobra hoods.