Author : Dale Jarvis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Christmas
ISBN : 1771173750
Any Mummer's 'lowed In?
Dale Jarvis
Any Mummers Lowed In
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The Mummer's Song
Bud Davidge
Author : Bud Davidge
Publisher : Groundwood Books Ltd
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2009-09-28
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0888999607
The Mummer's Song by Bud Davidge Pdf
A celebration of a regional Christmas custom tells how Granny's Newfoundland house is visited by the mummers, masked and costumed figures, who turn the night into a wild revel with their jokes and dancing.
Any Mummers 'Lowed In?
Dale Gilbert Jarvis
Author : Dale Gilbert Jarvis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-10
Category : Christmas
ISBN : 1771173734
Any Mummers 'Lowed In? by Dale Gilbert Jarvis Pdf
As the Twelve Days of Christmas roll around each year in Newfoundland and Labrador, you might see oddly padded figures with humps on their backs, shoes on the wrong feet, their auntie's bra on the outside of their clothes, with faces hidden behind masks or bits of old lace. These characters trudge from door to door or make surprise appearances at parties, seniors' homes, or workplaces. Once inside, they dance and sing and have a drink or two while people try to guess just who is behind all that clothing. Then, before they roast from the heat of the kitchen, they head back out into the darkness and do it all over again. These strange creatures are mummers, though they can go by other names: jannies, fools, oonchicks, or darbies. Whatever you call them, and however they are costumed, they are a firm part of the province's Christmas folklore. But while today's mummers are often portrayed as friendly and entertaining, they have a past checkered with violence, vandalism, and even murder. By the 1860s, mummering had been made illegal, a ban which stayed in place for well over a century, but which failed to stamp out a beloved, and complicated, Christmas tradition. Folklorist Dale Jarvis traces the history of the custom in Newfoundland and Labrador and charts the mummer's path through periods of decline and revival. Using archival records, historic photographs, oral histories, and personal interviews with those who have kept the tradition alive, he tells the story of the jannies themselves. Along the way, he will introduce you to other colourful Yuletide characters, including ugly stick-makers, the wild-eyed, snapping-jawed hobby horse, the St. Stephen's Day wren boys, the actors of the old mummers plays, and the fearsome nalujuit of Northern Labrador. Welcome to the colourful world of Christmas in Newfoundland and Labrador, a holiday that is not complete without a little bit of mischief and foolishness!
Galore
Michael Crummey
Author : Michael Crummey
Publisher : Doubleday Canada
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2009-08-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307372291
Galore by Michael Crummey Pdf
Sprawling and intimate, stark and fantastical, Galore is a novel about the power of stories to shape and sustain us. This is Michael Crummey’s most ambitious and accomplished work to date. An intricate family saga and love story spanning two centuries, Galore is a portrait of the improbable medieval world that was rural Newfoundland, a place almost too harrowing and extravagant to be real. Remote and isolated, exposed to savage extremes of climate and fate, the people of Paradise Deep persist in a realm where the line between the everyday and the otherworldly is impossible to distinguish. Propelled by the disputes and alliances, grievances and trade-offs that bind the Sellers and Devine families through generations, Galore is alive with singular characters, and an uncommon insight into the complexities of human nature.
The Atlas of Christmas
Alex Palmer
Author : Alex Palmer
Publisher : Running Press Adult
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780762470402
The Atlas of Christmas by Alex Palmer Pdf
Discover the fascinating (and sometimes downright odd!) ways that people and nations celebrate the holiday season and share this festive compendium's unique traditions together with family and friends. Do you know that in Guatemala there's a "Burn the Devil" tradition to kick off the Christmas season, where revelers gather to set fire to devil-piñatas? In Sweden, a popular figure in Christmas traditions is the Yule Goat, a rowdy, menacing character who demands gifts. And in Japan, a big bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken has become the classic Christmas Day feast. These and many other global Christmas traditions are featured here in this delightful book. From decorations and activities to feasts and special treats, there's a wide range of both lovely and unusual traditions from around the globe.
Canadian Performance Documents and Debates
Anthony J. Vickery,Glen F. Nichols,Allana C. Lindgren
Author : Anthony J. Vickery,Glen F. Nichols,Allana C. Lindgren
Publisher : University of Alberta
Page : 665 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2022-08-24
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781772126044
Canadian Performance Documents and Debates by Anthony J. Vickery,Glen F. Nichols,Allana C. Lindgren Pdf
Canadian Performance Documents and Debates provides insight into theatrical activities from the seventeenth century to the early 1970s, and probes important yet vexing questions about Canada as a country and a concept. The volume collects playscripts and archival material such as photographs, petitions, performance programs, and musical scores to explore what these documents tell us about the values, debates, and priorities of artists and their audiences from the past 400 years. For each of the 31 chapters, leading and emerging scholars offer introductions that rethink the artistic, economic, and socio-political significance of plays, dance, opera, circuses, and other performance genres and events. This collection challenges readers to rethink Canadian theatre and performance history, and will be of interest to students and scholars of theatre, dance, music, and Performance Studies. Contributors: Clarence S. Bayne, Kym Bird, Justin A. Blum, Amy Bowring, Jill Carter, Jenn Cole, Cynthia Cooper, Heather Davis-Fisch, Moira J. Day, Ray Ellenwood, Alan Filewod, Howard Fink, Liza Giffen, J. Paul Halferty, James Hoffman, Erin Hurley, John D. Jackson, Stephen Johnson, Sasha Kovacs, Sylvain Lavoie, Louis Patrick Leroux, Allana C. Lindgren, Denyse Lynde, Erin Joelle McCurdy, Wing Chung Ng, Glen F. Nichols, M. Cody Poulton, VK Preston, Daniel J. Ruppel, Jordan Stanger-Ross, Paul J. Stoesser, Christl Verduyn, Anthony J. Vickery, Anton Wagner
The Mummer's Song
Bud Davidge,Ian Wallace
Author : Bud Davidge,Ian Wallace
Publisher : Douglas & McIntyre, c1993, 1994 printing.
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : PSU:000049284614
The Mummer's Song by Bud Davidge,Ian Wallace Pdf
The words to a popular song portray the custom of costumed visits made shortly after Christmas in rural Newfoundland.
Performance and Ethnography
Peter Harrop,Dunja Njaradi
Author : Peter Harrop,Dunja Njaradi
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2013-07-16
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781443850070
Performance and Ethnography by Peter Harrop,Dunja Njaradi Pdf
Performance and Ethnography: Dance, Drama, Music revisits the territory of the performance orientation, touching on anthropology, dance, folklore, music and theatre to look for present trends in both the ethnography of performance and performance ethnography. One of the main concerns of this volume is with an embodied, affective and sensory ethnography that privileges encounters between ethnographer, participants and practices as key to understanding and knowledge. Another is the extent to which individuals are shaped by their engagement with ethnographic practice in the midst of migration, diffusion, revival, appropriation and commodification of performance. A third is the interface of academic disciplines with the idea of performance, and the way in which academics and practitioners are drawn to ethnography to better understand, negotiate, perform and profess their diverse fields. Individual chapters include a refreshed interface for performance studies and anthropology through new approaches to ritual; a consideration of performance studies through an ethnography of PSi; the emplaced body as a tool for ethnographic research; somatic practice in dance as a mode of ethnography; artisanal musical instrument making as performance; the commodification of traditional performance; and an introductory overview that reflects shifting ethnographic perspectives on traditional performances.
Honour Thy Mother
Thomas C. Badcock
Author : Thomas C. Badcock
Publisher : Breakwater Books
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1550812041
Honour Thy Mother by Thomas C. Badcock Pdf
A mother and her young son begin a new life in a Newfoundland fishing community in an attempt to escape the past.
Misty's Misadventures
Kathryn Taylor
Author : Kathryn Taylor
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2021-12-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781525507755
Misty's Misadventures by Kathryn Taylor Pdf
Until now, Misty Muldoon's favourite view of Newfoundland was always the one in her rear-view mirror. So when she has to leave the city and move to the outport of Charlie’s Cove, NL, with her two daughters, a mountain of debt, and the ink freshly dried on her divorce papers, it’s hardly her idea of a happy homecoming. With the help of the kind, meddling and downright eccentric locals, she sets out to rebuild her life in the ramshackle house left to her by her great uncle. When she starts writing a column for the local paper about transitioning back to life on The Rock while looking for a new man, little does she know her search for love will soon go viral when it’s picked up by a reality TV show—Charlie’s Cove and Misty Muldoon will never be the same again. Hilarious, endearing and inspirational, Misty’s Misadventures is a tale of romance, misfortune and the enduring spirit of a woman who won’t give up. It will make you laugh out loud while putting small-town Newfoundland on your bucket list forever.
Flying with Amelia
Anne DeGrace
Author : Anne DeGrace
Publisher : McArthur & Co
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2011-09-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781770871557
Flying with Amelia by Anne DeGrace Pdf
Flying with Amelia chronicles the dreams and struggles of a cast of unforgettable characters through more than a hundred years and across a vast landscape as they face challenges and find courage, sometimes in surprising places. In 1847 two families arrive in Canada on a famine ship from Ireland, and here the tale begins, weaving through generations and time. A St. John’s boy learns the finer points of communication while his employer receives the first transatlantic wireless signal. In 1920s Montreal, a one-armed veteran gambles everything for a future with a beautiful, intelligent, political young woman. A young Maritimer answers a personal ad written by a Saskatchewan schoolteacher, resulting in recipes and romance set against a backdrop of unrest during the Great Depression—while the world looks to the skies for hope, inspiration, and a glimpse of a bright wingtip caught in the sun. From the heady days of the FLQ crisis to the dawning evidence of climate change in Canada’s north, Flying with Amelia weaves a collective identity, taking us on a journey from the first sight of a new land, through a century, and beyond.
The Globalization of Rural Plays in the Twenty-First Century
Alin Rus
Author : Alin Rus
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2022-11-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781666915440
The Globalization of Rural Plays in the Twenty-First Century by Alin Rus Pdf
The Globalization of Rural Plays in the Twenty-First Century excavates the neglected ideological substratum of peasant folk plays. By focusing on northeastern Romania and southwest Ukraine—two of the most ruralized regions in Europe—this work reveals the complex landscape of peasant plays and the essential role they perform in shaping local culture, economy, and social life. The rapid demise of these practices and the creation of preservation programs is analyzed in the context of the corrosive effects of global capitalism and the processes of globalization, urbanization, mass-mediatization, and heritagization. Just like peasants in search of better resources, rural plays “migrate" from their villages of origin into the urban, modern, and more dynamic world, where they become more visible and are both appreciated and exploited as forms of transnational, intangible cultural heritage.
Sagas & Sea Smoke
Susan Nicol
Author : Susan Nicol
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2018-11-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781525531583
Sagas & Sea Smoke by Susan Nicol Pdf
A young archeologist and her journalist friend join an eclectic mix of anthropologists descending on L'Anse aux Meadows, Canada, the only verified Viking encampment in North America and the planet's first UNESCO World Heritage Site. After thirty-five years, the site is being re-excavated because a new clue has surfaced that might solve a one-thousand-year-old murder. An epic journey of discovery continues where East met West, the past meets the present, and Come-from-Aways meet Newfoundlanders. A modern saga of mystery, magic and mayhem is about to be written.
The Quilted Stash
Ralph Jarvis
Author : Ralph Jarvis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2022-04-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1989417302
The Quilted Stash by Ralph Jarvis Pdf
As the snow disappears and patches of land are revealed in spring, you might hear someone in Newfoundland and Labrador say: "The land is quilting." But Mother Nature isn't the only one furiously working on the latest craft project. With some of the most changeable weather in the world, legendary gales, and RDF (rain, drizzle, and fog)--as well as an ingrained habit of reusing, repurposing, and innovating with the supplies on hand--it's no surprise that Canada's easternmost province has a long tradition of quilting and quilters. The Quilted Stash features patterns inspired by this history and informed by the wider Newfoundland and Labrador culture and landscape. These 12 original projects by The Quilted Stash use a variety of techniques, including appliqué, piecing, and collage. Patterns include detailed instructions and are designed for a variety of skill levels. Rooted in tradition but drawing on the shapes and forms of modern quilting, these quilts will do more than keep you warm. They can tell a story, compel you to remember an experience, and take you home.
Masks and Mumming in the Nordic Area
Terry Gunnell
Author : Terry Gunnell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 844 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Disguise
ISBN : IND:30000107659082
