Title supplied by cataloger. The Festival of Masks was created in the mid-1970s by the Craft and Folk Art Museum (CAFAM) to celebrate the diverse heritage of Los Angeles and to provide an arena for cross-cultural exchange. The 10th Annual Festival was held on October 25-26, 1986 and was solely produced by CAFAM. The festival parade, running down Wilshire Boulevard from Crescent Heights Boulevard to Curson Avenue on the second day of the two-day event, featured 50 marching bands, school groups, musicians, and performers, with a total of around 2,000 marchers participating. A masked and costumed woman walks down Wilshire Boulevard during the 1986 Festival of Masks parade. Behind her is the newly completed Robert O. Anderson Building (later renamed the Art of the Americas Building in 2007 and demolished in 2020) at LACMA.
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image
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1 slide : color ; 5x5 cm. Photographic color slides
Festival of Masks Parade Festivals Parades Costumes Masks Women Children Men Spectators Pedestrians Streets Art museums Sidewalks Lost architecture Craft and Folk Art Museum (1973-1997) Los Angeles County Museum of Art Wilshire Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.) Miracle Mile (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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