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The story of the Vejigante and Carnival: Virtually all cultures in all eras have organized Carnivals to celebrate different events. In Puerto Rico Carnival marks the last days before the beginning of Lent. It begins in February and lasts until Ash Wednesday, which is forty days before Easter. Some elements of Carnival in Ponce, Puerto Rico came to the island from Spain. Other customs may have originated from African and Native American traditions. |
Instructions on how to make a Mask Ingredients: 1-cup water half a lemon squeezed clay form 1/4-cup flour newspaper aluminum foil 4 cups lightly boiling water paint+brushes Directions Mix flour into one cup water until mixture is thin and runny, stir into 4 cups boiling water. Gently boil and stir for 3 minutes. Cool before using. It should have the consistency of pudding. (Use with newspaper/newsprint strips for Paper mache).Wrap your clay form (you can shape it like an animal head out of clay and let dry) with aluminum foil so the papier mache will not stick to the clay form. Dip ripped strips of newspaper into your flour paste and put onto your clay form. You should put between 5-10 layers of strips, let it dry in the sun and pop off your clay form. For horns you can shape them from rolled up poster board in the shape of cones. Cover them with several layers of your papier mache and strips of newspaper. Adhere them to your mask with the flour paste or a glue gun and let dry. Lightly sand and paint. |
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