AUGUSTA GALLERY
of WEST VIRGINIA FOLKLIFE
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This is a
group of belsnickles from Pendleton County. An old German custom, just a
few still practice it today. It consists of going house to house in
masquerade at Christmastime. (FL1095E)
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The
Shanghai Parade takes place in Lewisburg, West Virginia every New Year’s
Day. Locally, no one knows the origin or meaning of the custom, but it
appears to have a history within the mid-winter rituals of Germanic
people in Europe. (FL198L)
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This is a
"shanghaier" walking in the New Year’s Parade at Lewisburg.
(FL198N)
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These are
belsnicklers in Pendleton County near Christmas, 2001.
(PC102B)
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This is a
living room with very traditional Christmas decorations in Pendleton
County, West Virginia. (PC102E)
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