A perchten mask from Salzburg in Austria.Perchtenlaufen in Austria, 1892.[1]
Perchtenlaufen is a folk custom found in the Tyrol region of Central Europe. Occurring on set occasions, the ceremony involves two groups of locals fighting against one another, using wooden canes and sticks. Both groups are masked, one as 'beautiful' and the other as 'ugly' Perchte.[2]
^Die Gartenlaube. Leipzig: Ernst Keil's Nachfolger. 1892. p. 841. {{cite magazine}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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