The so called ‘Perchtenlaeufe’ have a long tradition here in Austria. At the beginning of December in many towns people dressed up wearing scary masks run around frightening children (and adults, too). They are called ‘Perchten’ and are often accompanied by Santa Claus. The masks are traditionally hand-carved and they can be quite heavy – the whole costume can weigh up to 50 kg.
This photo was taken on December 14, 2007.
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DrQ2 added this photo to his favorites. (54 months ago)
DrQ2 (54 months ago | reply)
That would freak the f#ck out of me
Q x
_Rachelle (54 months ago | reply)
ew
SkyShaper (54 months ago | reply)
he just needs a hug and a deep tongue kiss
aa_just_thowt (54 months ago | reply)
If that's hand carved, there's an awful lot of work gone into it..
Sweet Chap!
Michaeeel (54 months ago | reply)
Eeeks. Beautiful Perchte. Die sieht man selten so schön gemacht und so gruselig hergerichtet...
eclectio added this photo to his favorites. (54 months ago)
KaptainKaveman (54 months ago | reply)
Hehehe!
It's just sooooo.................... "Chrismassy".............. :PPP
nattywoohoo (54 months ago | reply)
Wonderful masks!
idreamofcaffeine (54 months ago | reply)
wow, that's freaky. i would definitely not want to run into him in a dark alley.
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LitterART (53 months ago | reply)
"Any person from whose soul the rain forest once rose in luxuriant growth is aware of what it means to get tangled in the lianas and the orchids of the subconscious once he has left the well-trodden paths of civilization and then realizes how difficult it is to find his way back. And if unexpectedly he then finds himself once more on this side of the fence, he is no longer who he was before. His home will have lost much of its homeliness. But just as a world taken for granted is not a world understood, he will now understand much of his own world for the first time, even if from then on he will at times experience what it is like to tell the blind what 'red' is."
EX: Hans Peter Duerr (1985), Dreamtime: Concerning the Boundary between Wilderness and Civilization, Oxford and New York: Basil Blackwell (trans. Felicitas Goodman)
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Virgo2007 (42 months ago | reply)
I love it...
That rocks...I know its a Perchten, but I love the Demonic look.
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marianaserban70 (40 months ago | reply)
AFFASCINANTE .gli ho visto anch'io a dicembre in Innsbruck Austria
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AnxusGZ (4 months ago | reply)
Nice!! Realy creepy!