Wikipedia Trails: From The Boy Who Drew Cats to Pitchy Patchy

1. The Boy Who Drew Cats - (other versions known as The Painter of Cats). Translated by Lafcadio Hearn in 1898. Original manuscript was called The Artist of Cats. The book was printed on crepe paper.

2. Crêpe Paper - paper coated with sizing, a protective, glue-like substance. Made with a paper machine that has a steam-heated drying cylinder called a yankee. Used for party streamers, costume making, soaked in water to make paper crafts, and has had some other really weird uses like toilet paper in the former Soviet Union, in place of corn husks when making tamales, and can be used for lipstick and hair color.

3. Junkanoo - street parade in the Bahamas every Boxing Day and New Year's Day. A parade, music, dancing, and costumes. Many of the costumes are made with crepe paper.

4. Pitchy Patchy - a character from the Junkanoo festival. Wears clothes made of "tattered cloth" which is typically crepe paper. Cracks a whip to keep the crowd and the masqueraders in line during the festival.

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