This week marks Semana Santa or Holy Week for Christians across the globe. The nation of Mexico holds a number of festivities to honor this week. Some of these festivities feature characters from Jesus’s life and other local traditions. We have a few items related to Semana Santa. They are mostly masks used in festivities to imitate these characters.
Top Image:
A Lazarus mask from Purisima de Bustos
Bottom Left:
A Judas mask from Purisima de Bustos
Bottom Right:
A Negrito mask from Purisima de Bustos
These masks are part of the William Breitenbach Collection.
The whole collection can be viewed on our ContentDM page:
William Breitenbach Collection
There is even a cool Google map that lets you know the location where each mask was created.
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