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29 December 2025

Union Home Minister Amit Shah receives a traditional handcrafted mask (Mukha) during a public meeting after inaugurating the newly constructed Batadrava Cultural Project in Batadrava, Nagaon District, Assam, India, on December 29, 2025.

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29 December 2025

Union Home Minister Amit Shah receives a traditional handcrafted mask (Mukha) during a public meeting after inaugurating the newly constructed Batadrava Cultural Project in Batadrava, Nagaon District, Assam, India, on December 29, 2025.

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7 September 2025

A Sidakarya Mask dancer performs during the 20th Pujawali ceremony at Parahyangan Agung Jagatkartta in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, on September 7, 2025.

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7 September 2025

A Sidakarya Mask dancer performs during the 20th Pujawali ceremony at Parahyangan Agung Jagatkartta in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, on September 7, 2025.

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7 September 2025

A Sidakarya Mask dancer performs during the 20th Pujawali ceremony at Parahyangan Agung Jagatkartta in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, on September 7, 2025.

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4 September 2025

People decorate the Swet Bhairav during the Indra Jatra festival at Hanuman Dhoka, Basantpur, in Kathmandu, Nepal, on September 4, 2025.

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#12683665

28 August 2025

BIRENDRA CHITRAKAR, an artist and member of the Chitrakar family, paints the Khwapa (mask) of Halchowk Aakash Bhairab ahead of the Indra Jatra festival on August 28, 2025, in Kathmandu, Nepal. The Chitrakar family maintains this artistic tradition for generations. The Halchowk Aakash Bhairab, venerated as a powerful guardian deity, holds significant cultural importance, and his dance is a central feature of the Indra Jatra festival, attracting large numbers of devotees and spectators each year.

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#12683668

28 August 2025

BIRENDRA CHITRAKAR, an artist and member of the Chitrakar family, paints the Khwapa (mask) of Halchowk Aakash Bhairab ahead of the Indra Jatra festival on August 28, 2025, in Kathmandu, Nepal. The Chitrakar family maintains this artistic tradition for generations. The Halchowk Aakash Bhairab, venerated as a powerful guardian deity, holds significant cultural importance, and his dance is a central feature of the Indra Jatra festival, attracting large numbers of devotees and spectators each year.

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28 August 2025

BIRENDRA CHITRAKAR, an artist and member of the Chitrakar family, paints the Khwapa (mask) of Halchowk Aakash Bhairab ahead of the Indra Jatra festival on August 28, 2025, in Kathmandu, Nepal. The Chitrakar family maintains this artistic tradition for generations. The Halchowk Aakash Bhairab, venerated as a powerful guardian deity, holds significant cultural importance, and his dance is a central feature of the Indra Jatra festival, attracting large numbers of devotees and spectators each year.

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28 August 2025

BIRENDRA CHITRAKAR, an artist and member of the Chitrakar family, paints the Khwapa (mask) of Halchowk Aakash Bhairab ahead of the Indra Jatra festival on August 28, 2025, in Kathmandu, Nepal. The Chitrakar family maintains this artistic tradition for generations. The Halchowk Aakash Bhairab, venerated as a powerful guardian deity, holds significant cultural importance, and his dance is a central feature of the Indra Jatra festival, attracting large numbers of devotees and spectators each year.

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28 August 2025

BIRENDRA CHITRAKAR, an artist and member of the Chitrakar family, paints the Khwapa (mask) of Halchowk Aakash Bhairab ahead of the Indra Jatra festival on August 28, 2025, in Kathmandu, Nepal. The Chitrakar family maintains this artistic tradition for generations. The Halchowk Aakash Bhairab, venerated as a powerful guardian deity, holds significant cultural importance, and his dance is a central feature of the Indra Jatra festival, attracting large numbers of devotees and spectators each year.

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28 August 2025

BIRENDRA CHITRAKAR, an artist and member of the Chitrakar family, paints the Khwapa (mask) of Halchowk Aakash Bhairab ahead of the Indra Jatra festival on August 28, 2025, in Kathmandu, Nepal. The Chitrakar family maintains this artistic tradition for generations. The Halchowk Aakash Bhairab, venerated as a powerful guardian deity, holds significant cultural importance, and his dance is a central feature of the Indra Jatra festival, attracting large numbers of devotees and spectators each year.

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10 August 2025

A person holds a mask as they take part in the 2025 Mega Calenda parade, as part of the International Day of the World's Indigenous People, which starts from the Angel of Independence to the main square Zocalo, in Mexico City, Mexico, on August 9, 2025.

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#12574995

22 July 2025

A woman displays wooden masks made by Artisan Elsy Padilla, originally from Tizatlan, who has more than 30 years of experience making wooden masks. These masks are worn by people who participate in the Tlaxcala Carnival in Tlaxcala, Mexico, on July 13, 2025.

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#12574997

22 July 2025

A woman displays wooden masks made by Artisan Elsy Padilla, originally from Tizatlan, who has more than 30 years of experience making wooden masks. These masks are worn by people who participate in the Tlaxcala Carnival in Tlaxcala, Mexico, on July 13, 2025.

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#12574999

22 July 2025

Wooden masks by artisan Elsy Padilla, originally from Tizatlan with more than 30 years of experience making wooden masks, are worn by people who participate in the Tlaxcala Carnival in Tlaxcala, Mexico, on July 13, 2025.

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