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Cajun Mardi Gras Masks (Paperback)
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Cajun Mardi Gras Masks (Paperback)
Series: Folk Art and Artists Series
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Every winter a handful of Cajun Louisiana folk artists assembles
unlikely mixtures of material to shape masks for their Cajun Mardi
Gras celebrations. They use window screens, chicken feathers, yarn,
hair, Magic Markers, and hot glue as they create fanciful, even
bizarre masks that will be worn just one day in the year. Such
creations transform their wearers into wild revelers who move
through the countryside singing, dancing, and begging for money and
food. As they generate merriment, they climb trees, chase chickens,
and create a general and playful havoc. Cajun Mardi Gras celebrants
are unlike their counterparts in New Orleans, where masked revelers
ride through the streets on floats or parade serenely through
ballrooms. The masked country Cajuns engage in rousing, physically
energetic performances as they cavort through the countryside. Out
of necessity their captivating masks combine the ingredients of
durability, shock value, and allure with age-old folk patterns and
innovations from contemporary culture. Here is a study of the Cajun
Mardi Gras tradition and its manifestation in the work of six of
the most creative and popular folk artists in two rural
communities. Potic Rider and the Moreau and LeBlue families
represent the male maskmaking traditions of Basile, Louisiana.
Suson Launey, Renee Fruge, and Jackie Miller portray the female
role in festivities held in the rural region of Tee Mamou. As the
communities celebrate, their masks become an intrinsic component of
the annual rites. This book introduces the artists, the
performances, and processes of creating the fantastical masks. Carl
Lindahl, co-editor of Swapping Stories: Folktales from Louisiana
(University Press of Mississippi), is a professor of English at the
University of Houston. Carolyn Ware is Coordinator of the Pine
Hills Culture Program at the University of Southern Mississippi in
Hattiesburg
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