{"id":7601,"date":"2018-12-14T02:27:12","date_gmt":"2018-12-14T02:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/?p=7601"},"modified":"2018-12-14T02:27:12","modified_gmt":"2018-12-14T02:27:12","slug":"nice-mahakala-mask-from-tibet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/nice-mahakala-mask-from-tibet\/","title":{"rendered":"Nice Mahakala mask from Tibet"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"<\/a>Q:<\/strong>\u00a0 I collect different items that I like. I started with african masks and continue with others. Here I would like to show one of the three masks that I prefer (guess they are from Nepal). They are made of strong papier mache.\u00a0 Monica, 1497<\/p>\n

A:\u00a0<\/strong> Mahakala is a tantric Buddhist deity of the Vajrayana tradition. He is one of the most important protector of dharma, and considered to be the wrathful and fierce emanation of Avalokiteshvara and Cakrasa\u1e43vara. Mahakala is also worshiped by Hindus as an ultimate manifestation of Lord Shiva\u00a0 and consort of Kali (Maha-Kali) representing the destructive power of Brahman.<\/p>\n

The common element of the Mahakala mask are the five skulls decorating his crown, symbol of the transmutation of the five negative emotions. His face is meant to frighten bad spirits away from the place he protects and to keep away negative energy, thoughts and actions.<\/p>\n

This Mahakala is special because it is authentic. Papier mache is the most common material of construction. You can see it has been used. I’m especially impressed by the handsome design and color choices.\u00a0 A\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Q:\u00a0 I collect different items that I like. I started with african masks and continue with others. Here I would like to show one of the three masks that I prefer (guess they are from Nepal). They are made of strong papier mache.\u00a0 Monica, 1497 A:\u00a0 Mahakala is a tantric Buddhist deity of the Vajrayana tradition. He is one of the most important protector of dharma, and considered to be the wrathful and fierce emanation of Avalokiteshvara and Cakrasa\u1e43vara. Mahakala is also worshiped by Hindus as an ultimate manifestation of Lord Shiva\u00a0 and consort of Kali (Maha-Kali) representing the destructive power of Brahman. The common element of the Mahakala mask are the five skulls decorating his crown, symbol of the transmutation of the five negative emotions. His face is meant to frighten bad spirits away from the place he protects and to keep away negative energy, thoughts and actions. This Mahakala is special because it is authentic. Papier mache is the most common material of construction. You can see it has been used. I’m especially impressed by the handsome design and color choices.\u00a0 A    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7602,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india-himalayas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7601","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=7601"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7605,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7601\/revisions\/7605"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}