The indoor portion of the events, including performances at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, will still continue as planned on Saturday.
Ferko String Band performs at the 2020 Mummers parade on Broad Street in Philadelphia. The theme was "Mums Of Liberty."The outdoor portion of Philadelphia’s famous and sometimes inflammatory New Year’s Day parade featuring the Mummers has been pushed to Sunday because of rain in the forecast.
The usual celebration viewed by thousands each year features string bands, comic brigades, elaborate floats and plenty of feathers and sequins, but it has also attracted persistent criticism over its long history of blackface displays and other inappropriate or offensive behavior by some participants. After last year’s parade, Mayor Jim Kenney threatened to end it if parade organizers didn’t clean up their act.
Some Mummers held a protest gathering in their South Philly stomping grounds last year in protest of the decision. And this year, despite growing numbers of COVID-19 positives and hospitalizations, city officials declined to cancel the outdoor event— instead advising people to distance, wear masks and stay home if they feel sick.
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