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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.
Nassau (/ ˈ n æ s ɔː / NASS-aw) is the capital and largest city of the Bahamas.It is located on the island of New Providence, which had a population of 246,329 in 2010, or just over 70% of the entire population of the Bahamas. [2]
We lucked out and happened to be in Nassau on the same day they were holding the children's parade, part of the annual Junkanoo cultural festival. Date: 15 December 2005, 18:05:40: Source: Flickr: Junkanoo Festival, Nassau: Author: Jon Worth: Permission (Reusing this file)
The event featured a Junkanoo band, spoken word poetry as well as reflections from Grove pillars like Gibson. “I’m so excited about it,” Gibson said in an interview with the Miami Herald .
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The Straw Market in the capital Nassau. Traditional crafts include straw work on islands, creating beautiful hats and baskets. This skill was useful when Bahamians led subsistence lifestyles, with baskets being used for carrying fruit and fishing traps. Today, straw work and wood carvings are produced and sold to tourists in Nassau's Straw Market.
In this milieu more traditional Bahamas performers such as Joseph Spence, have still enjoyed successful careers playing junkanoo, Christian hymns and the ant'ems of the local sponge fishermen, which include "Sloop John B", later made famous by The Beach Boys. Junkanoo celebration in Nassau in 2003
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