Down Buckmaster’s Circle we parade to the insistent beat of the Music Collection’s Drumline, valiantly keeping the Newfoundland tradition of mummering alive, albeit tweaked for modern ...

There’s a wonderful strange Christmas tradition in Canada’s Atlantic province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Known as mummering (or jannying), it’s an ancient tradition. A relatively recent ...

Photographer Adam Coish grew up mummering in Labrador City. For most Canadians, his shots offer a window into another world. Every year around Christmas, Canadians living in Newfoundland and ...

The holiday tradition's history is one of festive ... of a fatal assault that took place involving Christmas mummers in Newfoundland," Fraser said. In 1861, the Newfoundland government responded ...

Warne. (The Rooms Provincial Archives/Public domain) Over the past 20 years, Newfoundland and Labrador's unique Christmas traditions have seen a bit of a renaissance, and people across the ...

While the specifics vary from place to place, Mummering is a deeply weird ancient Christmas tradition practiced in (usually rural) parts of Canada, Latvia, Newfoundland, and Ireland, wherein packs ...

One of Canada’s most distinctive Christmas rituals is ‘mummering’. Celebrated primarily in Newfoundland and Labrador, this tradition dates back to the early days of European settlers.

There’s a wonderful strange Christmas tradition in Canada’s Atlantic province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Known as mummering (or jannying), it’s an ancient tradition. A relatively recent ...

In simpler times, families came together at Christmas out of ... Mummering is a tradition which takes place in the Canadian provinces of Newfoundland and Nova Scotia. People dress up in costumes ...