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Show i fl ,V7 " MK( wurrt in u .- V I J 1 1 V ' ' ; 'j , some of the Valley View sixth graders display the masks they have made in Mr. UlcAffee's class recently. Shown are, L-R, Angie Ford, Michelle Hunt, Koni Chesnut, Rodney Mayo, Shon Scoville, Shane Bassier and Craig Nielson. X ValleyView students create original masks American Indians have been noted for their masks and sometimes cut masks from living trees to capture the life spirit. Some of the wildest masked balls, called potlatches, were held by the tribesmen from Oregon to Alaska. McAffee said this is the first time he has had his class make masks. He has taught at Valley View for 12 years. He earned his degree at BYU, majoring in Elementary Education and Outdoor Eduation. He lives in Orem with his wife, Marleen, and their five children. Your mask is a passport to this oerie realm of make-believe. In a 1 ityoupokefunatfear." jus quote is found on the display J jf masks made my Boyd McAf fee's drth graders at Valley View School. He students have created their xi masks using wheat paste and newspaper. They have designed the ' masks, shaped and painted them sing their own imaginations . McAffee said that to many people of the world, masks and spirits are jjfjous business and Halloween lasts all year. In Africa, the Imazon, New Guinea, etc., people believe all objects have spirits. Here we put the mask away after Halloween, not so in all parts of the world. Stone Age men probably believed that masks had spirits of their own, according to the National Geographic School Bulletin. Masks are donned, even today, in many lands for plays, parades and even religious observances. Fortunately most masks spell fun, the booklet says. Masks are used during fiesta time, at masked balls to break winter's bleak spell and for other various reasons. |