“Any Mummers Allowed In” remains a Christmas mainstay in homes across Newfoundland and Labrador. Generations of Newfoundlanders and Labradorians have memorized every word of this toe-tapping tune ...

Any Mummers Allowed In? Simani’s quintessential Newfoundland Christmas album turns 40 Davidge and Savory wanted to record a Christmas album sharing stories about life in rural Newfoundland and ...

Ugly sticks are often associated with mummering, the Newfoundland Christmastime practice of barging into neighbours' homes to sing and drink while dressed in silly clothes and face coverings. Sure ...

Lynn McShane, executive director of the Mummers Festival in St. Johns, N.L., explains what makes a great ugly stick, and why theyve become popular with mummers. The Mummers Festival hosts an ...

Holiday rituals Dark side of the mum As Newfoundland and Labrador’s mummers dress up for colourful holiday rituals, they also look back at decades when the custom was treated as more fiendish ...

Nowadays, mummers parades and plays still happen in the United Kingdom, as well as in Philadelphia and Newfoundland since the 1800s. While looking for possible mummers plays her junior troupe could ...

Close to 250 people showed up at Bowring Park in St. John’s Saturday afternoon, wearing masks, costumes and “their mother’s big 42 bras” to celebrate a unique Newfoundland and Labrador tradition. The ...

They were called the Mummers, the name being derived from Ancient Greek Momus, (the personification of satire and mockery; and in Old English relating to mime, masking and frolicking), a tradition ...

Mummering in Newfoundland has existed for more than 300 years, according to McShane. Those who partake in the tradition have come to be known as mummers. Mummers dressed up in disguise.

A couple that mummers together is a recipe for a long-lasting relationship.” Tunis Court crew “This crew got to know each other through mummering.

Newfoundland and Labrador’s “Mummer Man” has been laid to rest. Allan Young was well known in the Notre dame Bay area of the province. His love of mummering earned him a featured spot in the ...

I recently traveled to Newfoundland, Canada to study the similarities between our dancing traditions and in every tourist shop I stepped into, I was met with pictures and figurines of mummers.