Sri Lankan Mask

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Sri Lankan Mask. Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Kolam, a masquerade dance, is a form of drama more akin to opera, where a central theme is developed as series of episodes acted by dancers in elaborate masks, climaxing in the exposition of a story. These stories were based on real characters, but with exaggerated features, and used masks extensively.

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