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Showing posts with label Newfoundland and Labrador Christmas traditions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Newfoundland and Labrador Christmas traditions. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 10, 2019

Events this week: Christmas Memories, Carols, and Mummers

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It is a busy week for intangible cultural heritage in St. John's! This week: Mummer Memories Mug Up at Marjorie Mews! THU, 12...
Monday, December 9, 2019

Heart’s Delight - Islington Christmas Carols, live at The Rooms this Thursday!

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“The Moon Shines Bright, And The Stars Give Light” The Heart’s Delight - Islington Christmas Carols The Rooms, St. John's 2:30pm,...
Monday, November 25, 2019

Rehearsing the Heart's Delight-Islington Christmas Carols (and some archival audio).

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We've been doing some work to document and share the two traditional Christmas carols that were traditionally sung by men door-to-doo...
Thursday, November 21, 2019

Living Heritage Podcast Ep162 Revitalizing the Heart's Delight-Islington Christmas Carols

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In days past, Christmas Eve in Heart’s Delight-Islington would ring with the singing of  their own special Christmas carols. The traditi...
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Thursday, February 28, 2019

A Virgin Most Pure: A look at the Heart's Delight-Islington Christmas Carol tradition

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Over the past year, I’ve met a couple times with the new heritage committee in Heart’s Delight-Islington, Trinity Bay. At our last meeting ,...
Friday, July 7, 2017

Living Heritage Podcast Ep079 The Isaac Mercer Mummer Murder

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Joy Fraser is Assistant Professor of English and Associate Director of the Folklore Studies program at George Mason University in Fairfa...
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Monday, December 26, 2016

The King of The Birds: Happy St. Stephen's Day!

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(l-r) Dale Jarvis, Bev Kane, Dennis Flynn. "King of All Birds": a public forum about NL wren traditions “Up with the ket...
Thursday, December 15, 2016

Living Heritage Podcast Ep064 Behind the Red Suit: Secrets from a Knight of St. Nicholas

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Bruce Templeton’s journey with Santa has taken three phases so far. In 1978, he was asked to "play Santa." he was an actor. I...
Wednesday, December 14, 2016

“King of All Birds”: a public forum about NL Wren traditions

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The wren is just one of several Christmastime house-visiting traditions that continues here today. Typically, children or adults will visi...
Thursday, October 13, 2016

Living Heritage Podcast Ep057 The Wren Boys of Dingle

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Aoife Granville is from Dingle, Co. Kerry (Ireland). A flute player, fiddler and traditional singer, she completed a PhD thesis in 2012 ...
Thursday, December 3, 2015

Build your own Hobby Horse and Christmas Bull

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The Mummers Festival is hosting a Hobby Horse and Christmas Bull Workshop this Saturday, December 5th from 1pm to 5pm. No longer a comm...
Friday, October 2, 2015

ICH @UVic Day 4 - Newfoundland Hobby Horses on Vancouver Island for #FolkloreThursday

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Today's class was all about revitalizing traditions, using the Mummers Festival as a case study. We started the day with a talk on ...
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Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Tuesday's Folklore Photo: Did Labrador have the first Christmas tree in North America?

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Larry Dohey, the local archivist who runs the fabulous Archival Moments blog, posted this photo today, from The Rooms Provincial Archiv...
Thursday, December 12, 2013

What's happening Thursday-Saturday in Intangible Cultural Heritage

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It is going to be a busy three days! Buckle up, fans of folklore! Thursday, 12 December, 2013 12:30pm - Mummering Crosstalk on CBC Radio ...
Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Tuesday's Folklore Photo: Christmas Cookies for Santa

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Courtesy of: The Rooms Provincial Archives VA 73-8.4; John B. Bisbee dressed as Santa Claus. John B. Bisbee, medical student and theol...
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Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Learn to make a Newfoundland ugly stick - A How-To Guide!

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Early in 2010 the ICH office held a workshop on Festivals & Folklife in Cupids. One of our participants was Yvonne Fontaine, the ...
Wednesday, December 23, 2009

What is Tibb's Eve? Drink up, Newfoundland and Labrador, it's December 23rd.

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Merry Tibb's Eve all! What is Tibb's Eve? And where does Tibb's Eve come from? We've got you covered! Many Newfound...
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