Thanks. I had to lend the firworks photo from the public domain, but the photo of the mask is my own work. The real deal is to puzzle these photos together.

Indeed ;-)

Thank you! Happy new Year!

@sumsum i am  new here how caan i find the chat option i mean here is none

Danke, wünsche ich dir auch! 
Es sind eher die lauten Knalltöne, die die bösen Geister verjagen sollten und die Farben und Formen sollten eher die guten Geister des neuen Jahres anlocken. 
Bei der Maske geht es um die Darstellung eines "bösen" Geistes, der allerdings durch die damit verbundenen Rituale auch "gebändigt" wurde.

Danke dir :-)

Das Thema ist wirklich sehr faszinierend. Es gibt in der vedischen Lehre den Glauben, dass das gesamte Universum aus einem Ur-klang (dem Om) entstanden ist. Darunter stelle ich mir einen harmonischen und wohlstruktuierten Klang vor, während die "bösen Geister" eher durch Disharmonie gekennzeichnet sind. Dass man in dem Fall also die Disharmonie mit chaotischen und lauten Klängen (wie einem Knall) vertreiben kann, erinnert ein bisschen daran, den Teufel mit dem Beleub auszutreiben. Scheint aber irgendwie zu funktionieren. (-> Minus mal Minus gibt Plus...)

Thanks and happy new year, too! I will certainly continue this ;-)

Thanks a lot for your feedback ;-)

Yes, I like finding these kind of combinations. Thanks for your feedback :-)

Thanks for your appreciation :-)

You're welcome! Gald you like my post.

True, but it's also interesting to notice, how the definition of "mean" and "good" changes depending on our own age. I remember that my parents used to call the music, I listened to when I was younger, also called "evil" because it was loud and noisy. And I remember that I used to fire a lot of firecrackers when I was younger and nowadays celebrate New Year's Eve way calmer ;-)

Thanks, appreciate your feedback :-) I'm glad, that I could provide some new infos about that.
It's interesting to see, how many people are doing things without knowing the background ;-)

#### Haha, trying to keep you stretched ;-)
The story behind these Canadian-Indigenous spirits is really interesting. If you want to dig a bit deeper into this you should read the [original post](https://steemit.com/art/@shortcut/documenta-14-the-masks-of-beau-dick-die-masken-von-beau-dick-english-deutsch). 

The Kwakwaka'wakw people had some interesting habits and philosophy:

> In the old times, the Kwakwaka'wakw believed that art symbolized a common underlying element shared by all species.

[Source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwakwaka%27wakw)

The masks are really interesting, too. I particularly like their transformation masks:
<p><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kwakwaka%27wakw_transformation_mask.jpg#/media/File:Kwakwaka%27wakw_transformation_mask.jpg"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Kwakwaka%27wakw_transformation_mask.jpg/1200px-Kwakwaka%27wakw_transformation_mask.jpg" alt="Kwakwaka'wakw transformation mask.jpg"></a><br>By Photo: <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Myrabella" title="User:Myrabella">Myrabella</a>&nbsp;/&nbsp;<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page" title="Main Page">Wikimedia Commons</a>, <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0" title="Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=34204360">Link</a></p>
"Kwakwaka'wakw transformation mask".

Thanks for your comment! I‘m happy, that I was able to give you some new infos then ;-)