{"id":5453,"date":"2017-07-11T23:59:41","date_gmt":"2017-07-11T23:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/?p=5453"},"modified":"2017-07-29T13:41:14","modified_gmt":"2017-07-29T13:41:14","slug":"cobra-cavalera-made-by-lino-mora","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/cobra-cavalera-made-by-lino-mora\/","title":{"rendered":"Cobra Cavalera made by Lino Mora"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Aaron often sends photos of masks he has purchased recently. This one is by a famous mask masker who lives in Veracruz, Mexico. His masks are worn by dancers in the area and are sold in shops and galleries. His masks are always distinctive, with faces that often remind me of the Grim Reaper. Step into the dark side and buy one of his masks for your collection. Lino’s masks are usually quite affordable.<\/p>\n

Here is what Aaron writes. As you can see, he does a great job of documenting his collection.<\/p>\n

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TITLE:\u00a0Calavera Cobra
\nTYPE: mask
\nGENERAL REGION: Latin America
\nCOUNTRY:\u00a0Mexico
\nSUBREGION:\u00a0Veracruz
\nETHNICITY:\u00a0Nahua
\nDESCRIPTION: Cobra-Headed Calavera
\nMAKER: Lino Mora Rivera, Naolinco (1956- )
\nCEREMONY: Danza de los Moros y Cristianos
\nAGE: 2017
\nMAIN MATERIAL: wood
\nOTHER MATERIALS:\u00a0oil-based paint; lacquer<\/p>\n

The Danza de los Moros y Cristianos<\/em> (Dance of the Moors and Christians), also known as the Danza de la Conquista<\/em>, is an important celebration in the Mexican state of Veracruz. The dance reenacts\u00a0the reconquest Spain from the Saracens by the European Christians. The dance arose from the teachings of missionaries as part of an effort to instill respect for and fear of the Spaniards in the indigenous peoples, and to convince them that the victory of Christianity over other faiths\u2014by violence whenever necessary\u2014was inevitable.<\/p>\n

The dance is still performed widely in Mexico, including in Mexico State, Michoac\u00e1n, Puebla, and Veracruz. Characters vary depending on locality, although they always include \u201cChristians\u201d or \u201cSpaniards\u201d and Moors. This mask, now common in Naolinco, represents a skeleton (calavera<\/em>), with the addition of its face emerging from a menacing cobra. It was carved by the master craftsman, Lino Mora Rivera.\u00a0 A<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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Aaron often sends photos of masks he has purchased recently. This one is by a famous mask masker who lives in Veracruz, Mexico. His masks are worn by dancers in the area and are sold in shops and galleries. His masks are always distinctive, with faces that often remind me of the Grim Reaper. Step into the dark side and buy one of his masks for your collection. Lino’s masks are usually quite affordable. Here is what Aaron writes. As you can see, he does a great job of documenting his collection. TITLE:\u00a0Calavera Cobra TYPE: mask GENERAL REGION: Latin America COUNTRY:\u00a0Mexico SUBREGION:\u00a0Veracruz ETHNICITY:\u00a0Nahua DESCRIPTION: Cobra-Headed Calavera MAKER: Lino Mora Rivera, Naolinco (1956- ) CEREMONY: Danza de los Moros y Cristianos AGE: 2017 MAIN MATERIAL: wood OTHER MATERIALS:\u00a0oil-based paint; lacquer The Danza de los Moros y Cristianos (Dance of the Moors and Christians), also known as the Danza de la Conquista, is an important celebration in the Mexican state of Veracruz. The dance reenacts\u00a0the reconquest Spain from the Saracens by the European Christians. The dance arose from the teachings of missionaries as part of an effort to instill respect for and fear of the Spaniards in the indigenous peoples, and to convince them that the victory of Christianity over other faiths\u2014by violence whenever necessary\u2014was inevitable. The dance is still performed widely in Mexico, including in Mexico State, Michoac\u00e1n, Puebla, and Veracruz. Characters vary depending on locality, although they always include \u201cChristians\u201d or \u201cSpaniards\u201d and Moors. This mask, now common in Naolinco, represents a skeleton (calavera), with the addition of its face emerging from a menacing cobra. It was carved by the master craftsman, Lino Mora Rivera.\u00a0 A Save Save<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5455,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mexico"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5453","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=5453"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5514,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5453\/revisions\/5514"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}