The Mummers Parade is held each New Year’s Day in Philadelphia, and is the oldest continuous folk parade in the United States of America. Local clubs compete in one of five categories. They prepare elaborate costumes, performance routines, and movable scenery, which take months to complete. This is done in clubhouses – many of which are on or near 2nd Street in the Pennsport neighborhood of the city’s South Philadelphia section – which also serve as social gathering places for members …