Mummies and masquerades: English and Caribbean connections
The composite mumming play script that the Ecclesfield-based Victorian children's author Juliana Horatia Ewing published in 1884 found its way to St. Kitts and Nevis in the Caribbean, where it was it was taken up enthusiastically by the black population as one of its Christmas Sports. The Mummi...
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| description | The composite mumming play script that the Ecclesfield-based Victorian children's author Juliana Horatia Ewing published in 1884 found its way to St. Kitts and Nevis in the Caribbean, where it was it was taken up enthusiastically by the black population as one of its Christmas Sports. The Mummies continue to act (and dance) to this day. Economic migrants took the Christmas Sports in turn to the Dominican Republic, in particular around the town of San Pedro de Macoris, where the performers recently gained a UNESCO Cultural Heritage Award. This paper derives from a presentation based around two videos, presented here as story boards. Millington introduces Ewing's play, and footage of the St Kitts Mummies and the Bull Play filmed by Joan McMurray. James continues the story by introducing footage of the related tradition from the Dominican Republic called the Wild Indians in English and Los Guloyas (the Goliaths) in Spanish. |
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| spelling | nottingham-21822020-05-04T20:20:40Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/2182/ Mummies and masquerades: English and Caribbean connections Millington, Peter James, Caspar The composite mumming play script that the Ecclesfield-based Victorian children's author Juliana Horatia Ewing published in 1884 found its way to St. Kitts and Nevis in the Caribbean, where it was it was taken up enthusiastically by the black population as one of its Christmas Sports. The Mummies continue to act (and dance) to this day. Economic migrants took the Christmas Sports in turn to the Dominican Republic, in particular around the town of San Pedro de Macoris, where the performers recently gained a UNESCO Cultural Heritage Award. This paper derives from a presentation based around two videos, presented here as story boards. Millington introduces Ewing's play, and footage of the St Kitts Mummies and the Bull Play filmed by Joan McMurray. James continues the story by introducing footage of the related tradition from the Dominican Republic called the Wild Indians in English and Los Guloyas (the Goliaths) in Spanish. 2013 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed Millington, Peter and James, Caspar (2013) Mummies and masquerades: English and Caribbean connections. In: 1st Mummers Unconvention Symposium ‘Aspects of Performance’, 18 Nov 2011, Bath, UK. mumming play Juliana Horatia Ewing St Kitts Nevis Caribbean Christmas Sports Mummies Dominican Republic San Pedro de Macoris UNESCO Cultural Heritage Award videos Bull Play Joan McMurray Wild Indians Guloyas http://www.folkplay.info/Confs/Millington%26James2011.pdf |
| spellingShingle | mumming play Juliana Horatia Ewing St Kitts Nevis Caribbean Christmas Sports Mummies Dominican Republic San Pedro de Macoris UNESCO Cultural Heritage Award videos Bull Play Joan McMurray Wild Indians Guloyas Millington, Peter James, Caspar Mummies and masquerades: English and Caribbean connections |
| title | Mummies and masquerades: English and Caribbean connections |
| title_full | Mummies and masquerades: English and Caribbean connections |
| title_fullStr | Mummies and masquerades: English and Caribbean connections |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mummies and masquerades: English and Caribbean connections |
| title_short | Mummies and masquerades: English and Caribbean connections |
| title_sort | mummies and masquerades: english and caribbean connections |
| topic | mumming play Juliana Horatia Ewing St Kitts Nevis Caribbean Christmas Sports Mummies Dominican Republic San Pedro de Macoris UNESCO Cultural Heritage Award videos Bull Play Joan McMurray Wild Indians Guloyas |
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