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2. Mummers Parade - Wikipedia

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   The Mummers Parade is held each New Year's Day in Philadelphia.Started in 1901, it is the longest-running continuous folk parade in the United States. [1]Local clubs, usually called "New Years Associations" or "New Years Brigades", compete in one of five categories: Comics, Wench Brigades, Fancies, String Bands, and Fancy Brigades.

3. Mummers' play - Wikipedia

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   The word mummer is sometimes explained to derive from Middle English mum ("silent") or Greek mommo ("mask"), but is more likely to be associated with Early New High German mummer ("disguised person", attested in Johann Fischart) and vermummen ("to wrap up, to disguise, to mask one's face"), [6] which itself is derived from or came to be associated with mummen (first attested already in Middle ...

4. Mummering - Wikipedia

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   Mummering is a Christmas -time house-visiting tradition practiced in Newfoundland and Labrador, Ireland, City of Philadelphia, and parts of the United Kingdom. Also known as mumming or janneying, it typically involves a group of friends or family who dress in disguise and visit homes within their community or neighboring communities during the ...

5. What Is the Mummers Parade? - AOL

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   The Mummers Parade takes place annually in Philadelphia on New Year's Day and can be most likened to Mardi Gras in New Orleans. There are elaborate costumes, floats and different kinds of ...

6. The White Boys (mummers) - Wikipedia

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   The White Boys (mummers) A performance of the White Boys in Peel, 2019. The White Boys (Manx: Ny Guillyn Baney) is the traditional mummers' play of the Isle of Man. The play and its actors are named because of the unusual white clothing they wear. The play is traditionally performed in public places close to Christmas, and it concerns knights ...

7. Hobby horse - Wikipedia

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   In folklore, a hobby horse is a costumed character that features in some traditional seasonal customs, processions and similar observances around the world. In England, they are particularly associated with May Day celebrations, mummers' plays and the Morris dance.