FOLK 2300 Study Guide - Final Guide: Chiaramonte, Mummers Play

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At home and away: newfoundland mummers and the transformation of difference. When the fist plant closed in 1991 there were 1375 people living in. Trepassey, by 2006 there were only 889 people. No job opportunities, people had to contribute to other parts of the country, if not world, for work. In newfoundland there is increased interest in a select group of items stories, songs and objects that believe to embody the essence of values 9all things that hold newfoundland"s culture) Christmas mumming has become the collective identity symbol for. The objectification of mumming as a unique aspect of newfoundland tradition dates to the 1960"s. Anthropologist, louis chiaramonte also warns against oversimplifying the custom (when referring to people writing about mumming) Day mummers: men wore white shirts over their clothes, trimmed with ribbons, with fanciful hats. Each man had a partner a man dressed in women"s clothes.

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