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Junkanoo is a large contributor to the music of the Bahamas. It is a type of street carnival which occurs on December 26 and New Year's Day (January 1).This traditional celebration was started with an African slave by the name of John Canoe.
Marks the day Bahamas became a fully independent nation, officially splitting from the United Kingdom in 1973. [11] A week-long celebration is held leading up to the day of, when a mix of carnival and Junkanoo parades, fireworks, and speeches of freedom and independence are commonplace throughout the islands. [12] First Monday in August
The culture of the islands is a mixture of African (Afro-Bahamians being the largest ethnicity), British and American due to historical family ties, migration to the Bahamas of people freed from enslavement in the United States, and as the dominant country in the region and source of most tourists.
Junkanoo is a festival that was originated during the period of African chattel slavery in British American colonies.It is practiced most notably in The Bahamas, Jamaica and Belize, and historically in North Carolina and Miami, where there are significant settlements of West Indian people during the post-emancipation era.
Bahamian traditions and food have been exported to other countries with emigrants. [5] Coconut Grove, Florida celebrates the Goombay Festival in June, transforming the area's Grand Avenue into a Carnival (Caribbean Carnival) in celebration of Bahamian culture, Bahamian food and music (Junkanoo and "Rake'N'Scrape" [6]). [7]
Treasured carnival traditions derived from Caribbean history now appear at New York’s annual West Indian Labor Day Parade. Labor Day The post Caribbean traditions find new life each Labor Day at ...
The Bahamian wreckers drove the Spanish away from their wrecked ships, and attacked Spanish salvagers, seizing goods the Spanish had already recovered from the wrecks. When the Spanish raided the Bahamas, the Bahamians in turn commissioned privateers against Spain, even though England and Spain were at peace.
The music of the Bahamas is associated primarily with Junkanoo, a celebration which occurs on Boxing Day and again on New Year's Day. Parades and other celebrations mark the ceremony. Groups like The Baha Men , Ronnie Butler ,Kirkland Bodie and Twindem have gained massive popularity in Japan, the United States and other places.