Mummers Day

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The Mummers Parade takes place every New Year’s Day in Philadelphia. Started in 1901, it is the longest-running continuous folk parade in the United States. Local clubs, usually called “New Year’s Associations” or “New Year’s Brigades”, compete in one of five categories: comics, wench brigades, fantasies, string bands and fantasy brigades. They prepare elaborate costumes, [...]read moreMummers Day

Wise men

Wise men

The Three Wise Men of the East (or simply Three Wise Men) is the name by which Christian tradition calls the “magi” – a name given to learned priests in the Ancient East – who, according to the Gospel of Matthew, after the birth of Jesus of Nazareth came from the East to pay homage [...]read moreWise men