one of my fav movies 'MICHAEL".......John plays an obnoxious "out of this world" character who has cool
moves and a cotton candy aroma.....ARETHA FRANKLIN the queen of soul...can't get any cooler than that.
The origins of mummery can be traced back to the Roman Saturnalia festivals in 400 b.c. This popular holiday, held in December, was a feast day for the god of agriculture, Saturn. During Saturnalia, the Romans celebrated the new solar year with merrymaking, music, dance, and prayers for their winter crops. Age and rank were forgotten as slaves were waited on and wore their master's clothing. A rex Saturnalitius led the revels making ludicrous commands.
Organized parading developed from masked revelers in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century European villages. The colonial settlers transplanted these traditions to America. Mummers would make noise and wear disguises to protect themselves from being recognized by evil spirits who would bring bad luck. Disguised as trees, wheat stalks, or animals, they transfigured their faces with masks, makeup, or burnt cork. One popular disguise for men was to dress as women.
"Now, more than ever, the illusions of division threaten our very existence. We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another as if we were one single tribe.” -King T'Challa, Black Panther
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it. ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. ~Winston Churchill
