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Mothers Day, The Register, 7 May 1915
This article from The Register in 1915 traces the origins of Mothers’ Day celebrations to the medieval period, when adolescent children would be afforded a holiday from work on the fourth Sunday in Lent to ‘go a-mothering’. On such…
Parading with Banners at Carnevale, Fremantle, Western Australia
Costumed revellers parading down Fremantle’s cappuccino strip in Western Australia during the 2011 Fremantle Carnevale parade.
Carnevale is a traditional community festival that temporarily promotes disorder and frivolity using masquerade,…
Carnevale is a traditional community festival that temporarily promotes disorder and frivolity using masquerade,…
Tags: banner, banners, Carnevale, carnival, carnivale, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Church, costume, custom, disorder, Feast of Epiphany, festival, festivity, Fremantle, Lent, mask, masquerade, medieval custom, medieval festival, parade, popular festival, ridicule, ritual, Shrove Tuesday, tradition, WA, Western Australia
Carnevale Parade, Fremantle, Western Australia
Costumed revellers parading down Fremantle’s cappuccino strip in Western Australia during the 2011 Fremantle Carnevale parade.
Carnevale is a traditional community festival that temporarily promotes disorder and frivolity using masquerade,…
Carnevale is a traditional community festival that temporarily promotes disorder and frivolity using masquerade,…
Tags: Carnevale, carnival, carnivale, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Church, costume, custom, disorder, Feast of Epiphany, festival, festivity, Fremantle, Lent, mask, masquerade, medieval custom, medieval festival, parade, popular festival, ridicule, ritual, Shrove Tuesday, tradition, WA, Western Australia