Thread: philly mummers, kinda inspired by the spectacle :p

so, my honey and i spend new year's with his family, and in between football games they had the mummer's parade on the tube.....WOW!

so brian explained that they've had the parade in philly for 110 years, and traditionally comprised of a bunch of teamsters, construction workers, etc....pretty much drinking from dawn til whenever...sort of a testosterone carnivale on steroids ..l;,

having seen it, and finding some you tubes, i'm impressed with what a group of beer feuled, straight males came up with! some of the colors and ideas kind of inspire me towards some pretty flashy, flamboyant cossie ideas..... behold:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Son6oWU-uA]YouTube - 2010 Greater Kensington String Band " Empire of the Czar"[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMncGqd5Oqc]YouTube - 2010 Trilby String Band " Trilby's La Vida Loca"[/ame]

the first vid got me thinkin about a fantasy, russian type vibe and the 2nd got me thinkin' blingy butterfly :p.......i may have to start sketchin....weird where we get our inspirations isn't it? and all these spangles, feathers and sequins are done by GUYS!

As an aside, have you ever seen what some of those beefy, testosterone Greek male dancers wear for folk costumes? Those cossies are really colorful too! Kudos to guys who are comfortable enough to wear these costumes (and pink too)!

oh yeah! it takes a real man to wear skirts..........and fuschia feathers..............

some of the smaller groups had some really bold color combos

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIEx8i7xX9s]YouTube - Mummers Parade - Philadelphia[/ame]

WOW, awesome! And you are right - many of those guys who wear kilts look really hot <LOL>!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

no argument there:p, MEOW

Originally Posted by ruta21030

no argument there:p, MEOW

..l;,..g.:

Here's a blingy butterfly costume: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccMho_mbeQc]YouTube - Belly dance Alla Kushnir (Leila)[/ame]

Those are neat videos too... thanks for sharing!

Lesedi, that is a terrific video and her costume is gorgeous. I think tulip skirts are so feminine too.

Not to mention that I love that first song.

wow...I'm totally impressed. It looks like it would be a fun parade to attend...

Lesedi, thanks for the video...I loved the beginning..and the costume made it kitschy, but by the end, my "girls" were hurting.

Originally Posted by Lesedi

Here's a blingy butterfly costume: YouTube - Belly dance Alla Kushnir (Leila)

very cute

Lesedi, thanks for the video...I loved the beginning..and the costume made it kitschy, but by the end, my "girls" were hurting.[/url]

LOL, me too, and while kitchy n bigger than expected, it was kinda cute n creative
when i saw the mummer butterflies i was thinking kinda delicate and floaty, with nice elegant lines :p.............................and lotsa bling..g.:

lol, i'm on a mummer mission, found this vid of the big winners, they make feathers, bling and primary colors butch :p, and watch at about 3 minutes in when there's a motorcycle/transformer thing goin' on....where do they GET their imaginations? Enjoy

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jss_AV7G7QQ]YouTube - South Philly Vikings: 2010 Fancy Brigade Winners[/ame]