Description
The Philadelphia Mummers are costumed individuals and families who celebrate by “strutting” and performing on New Year’s Day. For lots of, mummery may be a lifestyle. The primary official parade occurred in 1901, but it’s an evolving tradition, reflecting both the challenges and opportunities of changing times. Philadelphia Mummers tells the tale of brand new-day mummery and the expressions of art, freedom, and celebration of thousands of people that come together within the working-class spirit of The united states’s oldest annual folk parade.