Popular Wassail parade celebrates 20th anniversary in Tarring High Street

The popular spectacle sees the dancers parade and perform along the length of Tarring High Street, with this year’s event taking place tomorrow, Saturday, January 5, starting at 8pm.

The procession will finish at the garden of The Vine pub, where a Wassail ritual will be enacted in the garden by an apple tree.

Sompting Village Morris has been wassailing in Tarring since 1999 and always attract a good crowd.

Wassailing is traditionally celebrated on Twelfth Night and involves short bursts of noise and singing. The aim of the ritual is to wake up the fruit trees to ensure a good harvest.

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