Perchtenlauf, Eugene, Oregon, New Year’s Eve 2020
This year’s lauf, like everything else about this year, was markedly different. … More Perchtenlauf, Eugene, Oregon, New Year’s Eve 2020
This year’s lauf, like everything else about this year, was markedly different. … More Perchtenlauf, Eugene, Oregon, New Year’s Eve 2020
The surreal, fantastical paintings of El Gato Chimney sometimes feature strange and compelling mumming figures. … More El Gato Chimney
The second Eugene Perchtenlauf had a few of the same participants, but many new ones as well. … More Perchtenlauf, Eugene Oregon, December 2014
Eventually I decided to organize my own mumming procession, based on the Perchtenlauf … More Perchtenlauf, Eugene Oregon, January 2014
This Krampuslauf was the first major mumming event I participated in … More Krampuslauf, Portland Oregon, December 2011
The varied traditions of mumming throughout Europe (and now here in North America as well) all use masks, costumes and theatre-in-motion to embody the spiritual forces and changes occurring in the land and the community at special, liminal times of year. … More Making Magic