Retchual Rope

To ascertain whether a Masqueraider was worthy of wearing its first mask, an ancient custom required that two young hopefuls be tied up and plunged head first into a barrel of bwork beer. The first one to escape earned his mask and wore the ropes around his waist as a souvenir of this rite of passage. Even if the tradition has died out, Masqueraiders still produce these belts in its memory.