ST. JOHN’S, NL—We are an androgynous, gender-bending spectacle, disguised, not costumed, faces obscured by white veils and grotesque masks. My 40D red bra is strapped over a couple of vintage shirts ...

The custom of ‘mummering’ – in which groups of friends go from house to house, disguising their faces and playing the fool – has sprung back to life in Newfoundland. It even has its own festival ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mummers at the Mummers Festival in St. John's, N.L., in 2011. Many Canadians got their first introduction to mummering during the ...

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