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In the old days, clothing was much more important. She was much more than a garment for the body. Often clothes were a real work of art that could tell a lot about culture, origin, status in society, and even about people's beliefs. In our review, the most incredible ceremonial costumes of the ancients.
1. Warumungu Ceremonial Paints
The Warumungu are an indigenous tribe that once lived in northern Australia. Before the tribe was forcibly removed from their homeland, regular ceremonies were held by the Warumungu, which were passed down from generation to generation. Men wore special costumes for these ceremonies, hats made of tree bark and painted themselves with stripes of red and white. Then they performed whole performances, acting out scenes from everyday life, as well as stories about their ancestors or spirits.
2. The oldest mask
People have been using masks for rituals for at least 9,000 years. At least that's how old the oldest mask ever found was. Now one can only speculate about exactly how it was applied. The researchers believe that this mask was modeled on the skull of an old man and was once supposed to look like the face of the deceased.
3. Creepy Selknam clothes
The Selknam people lived in the extreme south of Patagonia (modern Argentina and Chile). He was notable for his creepy clothes, which seemed to be taken straight from Silent Hill. And these terrible robes were used at the ceremony of initiation of adolescents into adulthood. Young people were brought into the house, inside of which it was dark, without warning of anything. Then someone from the tribe, dressed in a similar costume, jumped out of the darkness and tried to scare them, pretending to be a demonic spirit. So the Selknams taught young men to overcome their fear.
4. Aztec masks
Aztec masks didn't just look like human skulls, some of them were made from them. Aztec warriors sometimes cut off the faces of their victims and used them to make masks. Other masks were made from skulls that were brought to the temple, where they were covered with black stone, wood and obsidian.
5. Clay ghosts of Asaro
Representatives of the Asaro people (Papua New Guinea) went to war, covering their bodies with white clay and wearing frightening clay masks. According to their lore, the asaro began to paint themselves white after they were attacked by another tribe. The survivors were forced to flee and hide on the banks of the Asaro River. By evening, when everything calmed down, they went home, by then smeared with white clay from head to toe. The enemy tribe thought they were ghosts and fled in terror. After that, the "mud people of Asaro" began to always smear themselves with clay, going to war.
6. Tibetan Citipati Masks
Tibetan monks hold festivals called tsam during which they wear special costumes, dance, pray and meditate. There are countless different masks and costumes that are used during tsam, but the most creepy is the mask of chitipati (“keepers of the graveyards”). This mask symbolizes the couple of Buddhist deities Chitipati, who in life were a couple of monks who took meditation seriously. Somehow they were so immersed in meditation at night in a cemetery that they did not notice how a thief made his way into the chapel and cut off their heads. In the afterlife, they vowed to take revenge on thieves and protect all practicing yogis from animals and robbers.
7. Ceremonial clothes of Mongolian shamans
Before Buddhism came to Mongolia, shamans, who wore very complex and bizarre costumes, enjoyed special authority in the country. Shamans believed that their clothing gave them magical powers. Deer antlers give them speed, eagle feathers give them strength, and owl feathers give them the ability to see at night. The Mongols chose a person as a shaman after he had hallucinations. This was taken as a sign that this person could see the world of gods and spirits, so they began to train him.
8. Ceremonial clothes "potlachi"
The Kwakiutl live in British Columbia, Canada. They are considered to have the most beautiful art of all American Indians. This is not surprising, since for the Kwakiutl art was an important part of their society, and they tried to instill a sense of taste in every member of the tribe from childhood. Perhaps most notable are the costumes worn by the Kwakiutl during ceremonies called "potlaches" where all the members of the tribe gathered together, exchanged gifts, entered into marriages, and announced the appointment of new people to significant positions. At these gatherings, they also often donned masks and performed dances meant to summon otherworldly beings.
9. Masks of Yupik shamans
The Yupik peoples live in conditions of constant cold (in Siberia and Alaska), where food has been a rather difficult task for centuries. Therefore, it is not surprising that when hunters went out in search of food, they relied on the magic of shamans. The Yupik shamans, wearing incredible painted wooden masks, performed special ceremonies to ensure the success of the hunt and asked for help from the spirits. Also, shamans were village healers. If someone fell ill, they asked the spirits to cure the sick person. When the Europeans came north, the Yupik peoples were converted to Christianity. Traditional dances were banned and masks became mere decorations.
10 Navajo Ceremonial Wear
In the 1930s, a photographer named Edward Curtis decided to personally live among the Navajo people. He photographed the Indians in their traditional costumes, determined to preserve the memory of the Navajo culture for future generations. Photographs of Navajo ceremonies have been preserved, where they wore incredible masks, as well as costumes in which the Indians looked like the gods they believed in. They danced and acted out entire performances, asking for help from the spirits.
While some strive to stand out from the crowd, others dream of being invisible. So, .
Declassified Aztec artifacts found over 100 years ago.
The Aztecs, whose mythical ancestral home is Aztlan, wandered the world for decades in search of a place for a settlement that would correspond to their beliefs and predictions. Once they found the right area and founded the city of Tenochtitlan.
At first, the Aztecs paid tribute to Culuacan, then to the state of Azcapotzalco. However, then in 1429 they managed to destroy their oppressors and gain independence. The Aztecs could be proud of themselves, because in less than 200 years they managed to go from a small nomadic tribe to a whole formidable empire that controlled a significant part of Central America.
Together with the city-states of Tlacopan and Texcoco, the Triple Alliance was formed, which only contributed to the growth of Aztec influence in the region. Soon Tlacopan became a vassal of the Aztec Empire, and Texcoco could not compete in power with the Aztecs and turned from an ally into an envious enemy.
The Aztec Empire was one of the most developed states of the continent until it was destroyed on August 13, 1521 by the Spanish conquistadors led by Hernan Cortes.
Secret artifacts of the Aztec civilization were discovered in Jalisco (Mexico) over a hundred years ago. However, they decided to declassify them only now. Perhaps these items were used in communication with other civilizations, as was done, for example, by the Maya.
There are many helmet-shaped items with elongated features and large eyes. Most of them were handmade from gold and copper. Some artifacts are made of stone. But it is surprising that there are figures similar to comets and spaceships.
Looking at the artifacts and figurines of the Aztec civilization, one can doubt whether this really belongs to the ancient Indian culture. In research, one should carefully separate the truth from the huge number of myths and assumptions that make ancient civilizations even more mysterious.
These artifacts were made using methods that are very close to modern ones in terms of the quality of material processing. What would you think if such a clever thing fell into your hands?
It is strange that all these objects seem to model a modern spacecraft or a flying saucer. Some figurines look like creatures with wings that supposedly came from another world. These artifacts look extremely curious.
It is still difficult to understand the value of the finds, but there are about 400 such items. It is in Mexico that most people see UFOs. Many assume that such activity of representatives of extraterrestrial civilizations is connected precisely with the legacy of the Aztecs.
The shape of the artifacts is also very impressive. Maybe they are confirmation that creatures unknown to modern science already lived side by side with people. Perhaps they were not even aliens, but representatives of some other civilization.
30 years ago, on the site of the Aztec city-state of Tenochtitlan (the territory of the modern city of Mexico City), archaeologists discovered eight masks made from human skulls. The masks were found in a burial near the ruins of the Templo Mayor temple, built in honor of the god Huitzilopochtli (god of the sun and war) and the god Tlaloc (god of rain and fertility).
Today, American scientists from the University of Montana came to the conclusion that the skulls belonged to captured opponents of the Aztecs or noble and wealthy representatives of the Aztec society, who were killed for disagreeing with the official government. With the results of their research, familiarize in the prestigious journal Current Anthropology.
The skulls from which the masks were made had their backs removed, painted over with paint, stones inserted into their empty eye sockets, and stone knives inserted into their noses. Some of the masks were decorated with sea shells and pieces of copper. “In our opinion, these unusual masks were either worn on the face or used as a headdress,” the authors of the study comment.
“These are truly amazing finds: previously only crocodile skull masks have been discovered in Mexico City.”
In the course of the work, scientists examined the artifacts using isotope analysis and atomic absorption analysis of the chemical composition of bone tissue (using these methods, you can find out, for example, the health status of the people who own the remains, as well as their age). As a result, the researchers found out that the skulls from which the masks were made belonged to men 30-45 years old. During their lifetime, the men did not have any health problems - in particular, they had good and strong teeth without any hint of caries. "The people whose skulls were made into masks were healthier than many others at the time," said study lead author Corey Ragsdale. “In addition, we found out that they all came from different regions.”
Scientists have determined that the skulls belonged to men who lived during the reign of Emperor Ashayacatl. Ashayacatl (whose name translates as "mask of water") led the Aztecs from 1469-1481, had an estimated 150 to 450 children, and was notorious for his brutal treatment of anyone who disagreed with his political decisions.
According to scientists, the skulls could belong to the enemies of Ashayacatl, captured in one of the battles, or noble representatives of the Aztecs who disagreed with the official authorities. “Obviously, the unfortunate were sacrificed,” the Americans comment. - Human sacrifice was a very common practice among the Aztecs. Historians argue about how many people died as a result of these sacrifices.
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Now it is believed that at least 20 thousand (sacrifices were made 18 times a year - for each of the 18 sacred holidays).
Most often, prisoners of war and people with low status were killed. However, the fact that masks were made from the skulls of eight of those killed suggests that these victims were somehow different from all the others. Most likely, the dead had a high status - and therefore, after death, a special fate awaited them. Interestingly, ordinary skulls of 30 men and women, crocodile skulls, as well as various figurines were found next to the masks. These men and women were most likely also sacrificed, but due to their low social status, their skulls were not turned into masks.
Also, scientists do not exclude that the skull-masks could belong to the participants in the flower wars - a series of ritual battles that were fought by the Aztec city-states in order to capture captives who were sacrificed to the gods.
“The Aztecs believed that human sacrifices were necessary so that no “catastrophes” would happen - for example, so that the Sun would not stop shining,” the scientists explain.
The researchers say that in the future they are going to create a 3D model of amazing masks and put it on the Internet so that every user can admire the "art" of the Aztecs.
