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Mormon Pageant: Fab Or Drab?

Fabness and drabness coexisted peacefully at the 75th Hill Cumorah Pageant, where 750 Mormons acted out the Book of Mormon.

This weekend, BuzzFeed checked out the Hill Cumorah Pageant, an annual elaborate stage show where a huge cast of amateurs act out the story of the Book of Mormon. It all takes place outside Rochester, NY, on the exact hill (which is incredibly steep, making for a great stage) where, in the 1820s, Joseph Smith discovered the tablets that comprise the Book of Mormon text.

Thousands of people attend from all over the country and the world to see the show, which has production values to rival any Broadway show.

Let's see who was Fab and who was Drab.

Fab: fake bling

Drab: fake fur

Fab: wigs

Drab: real braids

Fab: blinged out bandana headbands

Drab: plain old hairbows

Fab: braces

Drab: goatees

Fab: Mariachi guitar

Drab: taking photos with your iPad

Fab: mist machines

Drab: a vengeful god destroying you

Fab: Wearing matching headgear

Drab: wearing matching t-shirts

Fab: making new friends with your elders

Drab: making new friends with Elders

Fab: sewing room where the fab happens

Drab: this kid described the fabric of his costume as "a couch and a bedsheet"

Fab team in action in the dressing room

Getting fab

Fab!!

Fab: bespoke tailored suits

Drab: loose, unfitted robes

Fab: getting to run off-leash

Drab: snoozing

Fab: Latina babes in regular clothes

Drab: white babes in Latin American-inspired costumes

Fab: hanging out with members of the opposite sex

Drab: Hanging out with your parents

Drab: dying

Fab: coming back

Fab: purple and gold headpieces

Drab: coneheads

Fab: Man skirts

Drab: mandals

L-R: Fab, Drab, Fab, Drab.

Fab: saving your seats with an on-trend Navajo print blanket

Drab: saving seats with an animal print snuggie

Fab: Salt potatoes

Drab: donuts brought from supermarket

Fab: hi-fiving kids

Drab: posing with your brother who tries to kill you repeatedly

Fab: hat!

Drab: no hat

Fab: this guy

Fab: a stage with 750 people

Drab: people protesting Mormons outside the Pageant

FAB FAB FAB FAB FAB ALERT