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Ritual threats of violence in small Newfoundland communities....
October 18, 2007 by Anonymous, 2 years 5 weeks ago
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"they threatened the hosts with physical and sexual violence." NONSENSE!
"Mumming traditionally took place in these villages during the 12 days after Christmas." NONSENSE! it's actually a tradition during christmas.
im a newfoundlander and have participated in this fun ritual at times. i don't know where they came up with this info, but it's crap! they actually had it published in a journal,that university needs to do more research,much more!.go to this link and type in mummering to actually learn something.
http://tablemountains.blogspot.com/