9Celebrate New Year’s Day with the mummers in Philadelphia, PA
Take to the streets of Philadelphia and party with the colorfully-clad mummers on On New Year’s Day. Experience the revelrous annual Mummers Parade. (For those not in the know, “mummer” is a French-derived word which means masking, miming, and folk play.) Those in the know say this event is “the oldest continuous folk parade” in the US. From Broad Street to JFK Boulevard thousands of celebrators line the streets to observe this unique explosion of color, dance, and music.
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