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Traditions of Philadelphia

13 traditions tied to Philadelphia.

🇮🇪 Dublin, Ireland and 2 moreIrish stepdance A percussive dance form with swift, intricate footwork and an upright torsoPerformance

🇮🇪 Dublin, Ireland and 5 moreBloomsdayLá Bloom A celebration of James Joyce and his novel Ulysses, observed on 16 June in Dublin and worldwide.Festival · Breakfast

🇨🇦 Canada and 2 moreMummering A festive midwinter custom of disguised visits, music and playful guessing gamesFestival · Tea-time and snacking customs

🇺🇸 Philadelphia, United StatesMummers Parade An annual New Year's Day street parade in Philadelphia featuring music and costumed clubsFestival

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Bloomsday: No machine-readable author provided. Flapdragon assumed (based on copy, Public domain, source
Mummering: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jerry_curtis/, CC0, source
Mummers Parade: Tyler McHenry at English Wikipedia ( Original text: Tyler McHenry (Thi, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Irish stepdance: John Benson, CC BY 2.0, source

The weekly EveryParampara

Every week: one tradition from somewhere new, what is being celebrated around the world this week, and one idea explained.