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Carnival in Hungary

February 22, 2022

European mumming customs come in seasonal clusters … More Carnival in Hungary

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Perchtenlauf, Eugene, Oregon, New Year’s Eve 2021

January 4, 2022

Once more we gathered on New Year’s Eve to chase away the spirits of darkness and winter and welcome in a fresh start … More Perchtenlauf, Eugene, Oregon, New Year’s Eve 2021

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Perchtenlauf, Eugene, Oregon, New Year’s Eve 2020

January 3, 2021

This year’s lauf, like everything else about this year, was markedly different. … More Perchtenlauf, Eugene, Oregon, New Year’s Eve 2020

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Mummer Doll

December 20, 2020

A year ago, I found a strange little baby doll in a thrift store, dressed in a puffy suit of white fake fur… … More Mummer Doll

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Ben Edge

July 16, 2020

Discovered this artist, Ben Edge, who specializes in folkloric themes (with lots of mumming!) … More Ben Edge

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Perchtenlauf, Eugene, Oregon, New Year’s Eve 2019

January 9, 2020

Once more, this past New Year’s Eve, we laufed throughout the city – a group of about nine monsters of various, mostly traditional types (including our very first Schnabelpercht!). … More Perchtenlauf, Eugene, Oregon, New Year’s Eve 2019

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Mike Moses

October 7, 2019

Fantastic mumming illustration by tattoo artist Mike Moses.

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El Gato Chimney

June 27, 2019

The surreal, fantastical paintings of El Gato Chimney sometimes feature strange and compelling mumming figures. … More El Gato Chimney

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Perchtenlauf, Eugene, Oregon, New Year’s Eve 2018

January 8, 2019

This year our Perchtenlauf was revived by one of the original participants from the first one five years ago. We had about a dozen monsters making a ruckus along an expanded route … More Perchtenlauf, Eugene, Oregon, New Year’s Eve 2018

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Mummering in Newfoundland

December 27, 2016

Mummering originated in England and Ireland, and the earliest record of it in Newfoundland dates to 1819, according to the Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage project. … More Mummering in Newfoundland

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“The masked figures are universally said to drive away evil and bring good fortune, but one way they do that is to embody evil. They are the personification of multiple dangers and are placated by villagers with material offerings to secure their departure. Not to treat them and get them on their way is to invite their return all year long.”

(Gerald W. Creed, Masquerade and Postsocialism: Ritual and Cultural Dispossession in Bulgaria)


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