Mummers Day sometimes known as Darkie Day, ancient traditional parade with music and dancing through the streets of the ,Cornwall, UK.


Traditional and unwittingly controversial practice of face blacking for a traditional Cornish practice. Face blacking since abandoned.


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Location: Padstow Cornwall, UK
Photo credit: © Robert Taylor / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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