Hello Again!
Apologies it has been some time since I last blogged. Have been busy riding trying to keep on schedule. Anyway this is a mask from the
Mask Museum in Zacatecas, Mexico. Made from the shell of an Armadillo it is worn in the northern villages of Veracruz to celebrate the festival known as "the Night of Earwax". Celebrated on 15th October small children cram a caramel paste known as dulce de leche into their ears and wander through the streets singing songs by Abba. Until they get bored.
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