A member of the “Los Danzantes y Los Boteiros” folk group performs during the parade of the 10th International Festival of the Iberian Mask in Lisbon, Portugal May 9, 2015. The festival runs until next Sunday and about 690 masked people from Spain and Portugal are participating, according to organizers. (Photo by Rafael Marchante/Reuters)

A Pablo Picasso papier mache “huge head” mask, known as “Capgros” in Catalan, is displayed at the entrance of the “El Ingenio” shop on August 23, 2011 in Barcelona, Spain. “El Ingenio” (The Ingenuity) has been making and selling papier mache giant masks and huge heads for Catalan popular festivals since 1838. The “La Merce” festival will be held on September 24 to observe the feast day of Our Lady of Mercy, patron saint of Barcelona. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images)

Participants wearing masks during a hazy day at the Beijing International Marathon in front of Tiananmen Square, in Beijing, October 19, 2014. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

Locals dressed as “Perchten”, a traditional demonic creature in German and Austrian Alpine folklore, parade through the town center during the annual “Rauhnacht” gathering on January 5, 2017 in Waldkirchen, Germany. (Photo by Johannes Simon/Getty Images)

Costumed participants take a break during a traditional Perchtenlauf (Perchten parade) in Osterseeon near Munich, Germany, December 17, 2016. (Photo by Michaela Rehle/Reuters)

Edinburgh mask maker Lorraine Pritchard on Sunday, January 28, 2024 alongside some of her Venetian masks which will be worn and displayed at the Venice Carnival, which starts on Saturday February 3. Lorraine studied model making at Glasgow College of Building and Printing and Venetian mask making in Florence, Italy. She travels to Venice each year to be a “mask” herself, wearing different masks she has designed as a live exhibit of her work. (Photo by Jane Barlow/PA Images via Getty Images)

Carolaine Reis and her son Miguel Alves, residents of the Aglomerado da Serra favela, wear a protective mask against the spread of the new Coronavirus (COVID-19) made by the seamstresses of the Remexe Favelinha studio, in the Aglomerado da Serra favela, on April 13, 2020 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Facial masks follow the protocol and guidelines defined by the Ministry of Health. Around 6,000 masks have already been produced. The masks are being distributed to a part of the population and sold throughout the country, in the amount of 5 reais per unit. (Photo by Pedro Vilela/Getty Images)

A woman wearing a face mask to protect against the spread of COVID-19 walks past a mask clad Acrocanthosaurus display at the Witte Museum, Thursday, January 28, 2021, in San Antonio. (Photo by Eric Gay/AP Photo)