{"id":1504,"date":"2013-11-16T20:54:46","date_gmt":"2013-11-16T20:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/?p=1504"},"modified":"2015-10-27T20:26:20","modified_gmt":"2015-10-27T20:26:20","slug":"this-guy-has-quite-a-nose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/this-guy-has-quite-a-nose\/","title":{"rendered":"This guy has quite a nose"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1505\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1505\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/aaaMystrySolvd-583.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1505\" alt=\"Peruvian Wapuri\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/aaaMystrySolvd-583.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/aaaMystrySolvd-583.jpg 300w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/aaaMystrySolvd-583-247x300.jpg 247w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1505\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Peruvian Wapuri<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>My characterization of the Peruvian mask as a Wapuri is just a guess. &#8220;Wapuri&#8221; is a character in the Bolivian Kullawada dance, which refers to a long-nosed European character. I am assuming that the Peruvian version is just a little different, but is used for similar purposes in similar dances.\u00a0 I could be wrong.\u00a0 Aaron, 583<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>A: I think you are correct. <!--more--><\/div>\n<div>The Peruvian Indians are mountain-dwelling, Quechua-speaking relatives of the Bolivians who live further south in the same Andes mountain range. Their customs and costumes are similar when it comes to Carnaval. One small difference&#8211; the Peruvian masks are usually made with molded plaster made with flour. The Bolivians use lots of other materials including tin.<\/div>\n<div>Don&#8217;t you love that nose with its big wart and all that hair coming out.\u00a0 <strong>B+<\/strong><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My characterization of the Peruvian mask as a Wapuri is just a guess. &#8220;Wapuri&#8221; is a character in the Bolivian Kullawada dance, which refers to a long-nosed European character. I am assuming that the Peruvian version is just a little different, but is used for similar purposes in similar dances.\u00a0 I could be wrong.\u00a0 Aaron, 583 A: I think you are correct.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1505,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-south-america"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1504"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3396,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1504\/revisions\/3396"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}