That was in 1956. "Back then I wasn't interested in Mexican masks," says the Lancaster mask collector and author of "Masks of the World." Nearly 200 of Ibold's masks from Mexico are currently on ...

One prime example of the town's imaginative culture is the Another Face of Mexico (La Otra Cara de México) mask museum. The owner, American expat Bill LeVasseur, curates an extensive collection ...

But it was Mexican wrestlers who originally ... his identity and refusing to remove his mask has gone on to become an integral part of máscara culture to this day and one of his sons continues ...

Rather, in at least three violence-plagued cities in Mexico, authorities have cautioned residents about masks, which are ...