Mummering: Newfoundland’s unique holiday tradition comes roaring back

This past weekend in St. John’s Newfoundland, hundreds of people hit the streets for the Atlantic province’s annual Mummers Parade. Originally, mummering was a house-visiting tradition. It first appeared in Newfoundland and Labrador in the 1800’s, though the practice dates back much further than that. Alyssa Julie has more on the history of mummering – and the dark parts of its past.

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