 alanocu says: "These ritual masks represent a sophisticated folk art form both beautiful and mysterious, representing different demons that are believed to have caused diseases. Carved of wood and pigmented with natural hues and resins, they’re infused with a spirit and animation. The patina of a ritual mask, darkened by years of use, and repairs upon repairs tell the tale their importance in ancient village communities." "There has been considerable variation in identities of the sanni demons, their associated diseases, and masks. Most agree to 18 demons in total, but searches have revealed more than 30 possible names. However, the 18 most commonly described forms in authoritative texts are fairly consistent." "The mask known as Dahaata Sanniya or ‘eighteen disease’ is studded with 18 diseased faces atop a pair of their gods and 2 spirits — the spreader of pain through disease and other, the savior, are placed vertically apart. " The other 18 masks are as follows: 1. Kana Sanniya — demon causing blindness. The mask for blindness usually has its eyes missing. 2. Kora Sanniya — demon causing lameness or paralysis. The mask always has a unilateral facial deformity that could represent a neurological lesion such as stroke. 3. Gini Jala Sanniya — demon causing excess heat, burning sensation, headache and fatigue. 4. Naga Sanniya — demon causing swelling of the face, body sores and peeling of skin. The demon for boils and skin diseases has skin lesions that look like carbuncles on the face. 5. Demala Sanniya — demon performing pranks and uttering nonsense that sounds like Tamil, also related with madness with distortion o... 12. Gulma Sanniya — demon causing lack of appetite, swelling of the abdomen. 13. Vata Sanniya — demon causing rheumatism and burning of limbs. 14. Slesma Sanniya — demon causing secretions, phlegmatic diseases and epilepsy. 15. Vata sanniya — demon causing rheumatism and burning of limbs. 16. Kola Sanniya — demon causing pneumonia. 17. Deva Sanniya — demon causing epidemics and infectious diseases. The name of the demon means “divine,” presumably because disease on such a large scale was thought to have a divine origin. The mask is distinguished by having a head dress, but otherwise its appearance varies considerably. 18. Vuta Sanniya — demon causing derangement, distortion and listlessness of limbs. beautiful clip!educational as well!  Alan, I am not sure what you mean as I am bumbling here. You can email me at: sunburstsmile3@yahoo.com and thanks for any help in clipmarks. how do you 'public save' and followers save'? I just click on "save my clip". Silvana see if this helps out - here's a couple of screen shots - http://viewer.zoho.com/store/l/lmdhm/lmdhm.htm When you are saving the clip, make sure the 'public' option is selected. Let me know if that makes sense or not. I'll try and explain better. WOW What beautiful ritual costumes and religious practices. They believe that disease is punishment from evil spirits. Interesting! |
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