what is a mummers parade
Golden Slippers are the iconic image of Mummery. The unofficial theme song of the Mummers is âOh Dem Golden Slippers,â composed by James Bland in 1879. The Philadelphia Mummers Parade is the oldest continuous folk parade in the United States. The first formal, city-sponsored parade dates to 1901. But Mummery in Philadelphia began long before that. Mummers can be found throughout recorded history in ancient Egypt, in Greece, in Europe and elsewhere in the world.