Dziady - Forefathers Eve
Added 2024-11-02 17:04:30 +0000 UTCNovember 1st in Poland is a very important day for Catholics. That day we celebrate All Saints Day during which we visit graves of our closest ones... but it wasn't always the case.
Not so long ago people in small villages celebrated Dziady, which was looked down upon by church because to contact ancestors people took part in pagan rituals.
It is believed that during those rituals everyone wore a mask called kraboszka (which you can see in the first picture). Historians are still not sure why exactly slavic people made them but many think that the masks were some kind of protection against evil spirits that might be summon during the rituals. Without them the ghosts would recognise everyone and follow them home or harm them.
Hope you liked this backstory to this photoshoot. It was really fun creating the first part of this photoshoot so I made a short video to show to you where I took this photo because you wouldn't believe me otherwise :D
Love, Erinthul.
Comments
Yeah, I don't want to get charges but I bet it would look cool
Erinthul
2024-11-05 12:46:13 +0000 UTCI saw the video so I understand that it is not at place for nudes it could make it magical with the mask and a hollow tree
Magnus Börjesson
2024-11-05 12:32:41 +0000 UTCThank you! Happy you like it!
Erinthul
2024-11-05 12:20:25 +0000 UTCSpooky and eerie I love the hollow tree and of course the mask❣️
Magnus Börjesson
2024-11-05 12:16:04 +0000 UTCThank you! I love the mask that's why I was so hyped to learn how to make them myself!
Erinthul
2024-11-02 18:26:04 +0000 UTCThat is very interesting, especially on all saints day. The mask is eerie
Steven Niehaus
2024-11-02 17:12:57 +0000 UTC
