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By 10 a.m. Friday, groups were seen gathering on the streets of South Philadelphia. New Year s isn t New Year s without the parade, said Cheryl Oriolo, who watched the makeshift parade-like protest from the sidewalk along Moyamensing Avenue. Moyamensing and Morris saw a sea of painted faces for the annual New Year s Day strut. COVID changed stuff, we re gonna do it the right way. I don t have my mask on cause I m talking, but I m going to put it on when I m done. We re going to go around and serenade the neighbors, said Tony DiCarlo of South Philadelphia. Though the Comics and the String Band associations asked that members skip this year s festivities, that didn t stop everyone. ....