#Masks, mops and “ugly sticks”—a look at Newfoundland’s tradition of mummering

#Masks, mops and “ugly sticks”—a look at Newfoundland’s tradition of mummering

“Masks, mops and “ugly sticks”—a look at Newfoundland’s tradition of mummering” Photographer Adam Coish grew up mummering in Labrador City. For most Canadians, his shots offer a window into another world. Every year around Christmas, Canadians living in Newfoundland and Labrador participate in the costumed cultural practice of mummering. The Newfoundland version of the tradition,…

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#The most Irish island in the world is in Canada

#The most Irish island in the world is in Canada

“The most Irish island in the world is in Canada” As the winter sun rises over Tilting Harbour, Norm Foley is on Oliver’s Cove Beach, pitchfork in hand, green rubber boots over the pant legs of his Levi’s, iPhone in his shirt pocket. The 55-year-old will spend hours on this day spearing kelp from the…

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#The 10,000-year-old ice that float past St. John’s, N.L.

#The 10,000-year-old ice that float past St. John’s, N.L.

“#The 10,000-year-old ice that float past St. John’s, N.L.” A photographer snapped this photo, titled Iceberg Alley, which features a lighthouse, an iceberg and an old military battery in Fort Amherst Award-winning photographer Michael Winsor snapped this shot of Fort Amherst in St. John’s, N.L., during “blue hour,” the moment when the sun dips below…

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