..i’ve been doing a lot of housekeeping and noticed a bunch of photos rotting on my hard drive.. so i’m unloading them on to my flickr account for others to gawk at.. some of them that i find cool enough would end up here.. like this one.. there must be some reason behind the scary demon masks they wore at the puerto rican parade..
Vejigantes or paper mache masks worn during the carnival are the island’s most popular craft. Tangles of menacing horns, fang-toothed leering expression, and bulging eyes of these half-demon, half-animal creations makes these masks frightening, particularly at nighttime. During carnival time, masked revelers roam the streets in their bat-winged costumes either individually or in groups. (more)
17 replies on “Vejigantes”
Wild image..and what great colors. FUN!!!
I like the riot of colours Rian
What a interesting mask. Great Colors
Wow fantastic colors and creativity went into these masks! A little scary, but fun…
Great mask – I like all the bright competing color and upward moving lines.
Excellent photo … very colorful !
TAht is awesome explosion of colors, colors , colors ….
I really like this. We should all have archives so nice:-)
Great colors and interesting forms !
Your photos are so full of life! You should not allow any to rot!
Very nice and colorful shot. cool
Great mask you’ve captured there. The colours are great and it certainly is scary!
Amazing colors! What a cool costume!
Really nice colors and great sharpness on the mask. The ‘rotting’ reference… I don’t know. The PRD parade was only a couple of weeks ago!
lol! well, the shots i got from the parade (including this one) was taken a year ago.. 😀
Love the hues, cool shot!
i love the colors and DOF presented here rian. Exceptionally captured!