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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)
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.
Junkanoo is a large contributor to the music of the Bahamas. It is a type of street carnival which occurs on December 26 ( Boxing Day ) and New Year's Day (January 1). This traditional celebration was started with an African slave by the name of John Canoe .
Nassau had a population of 128,420 females and 117,909 males and was home to 70,222 households with an average family size of 3.5 according to the 2010 census. [19] Nassau's large population in relation to the remainder of the Bahamas is the result of waves of immigration from the Family Islands to the capital. Consequently, this has led to the ...
The junkanoo is still practiced in North Carolina and remnants still exist in Belize. It is most well known, though, from Nassau and Freeport . Since the 1950s the influence of American culture has increased, mainly through TV and radio broadcasts from Florida stations, and other Caribbean styles have made inroads: calypso , reggae and soca ...
Goombay is a form of Bahamian music and a drum used to create it. The drum is a membranophone made with goat skin and played with the hands. The term Goombay has also symbolized an event in the Bahamas, for a summer festival with short parades known as ‘Junkanoo’.
A North Carolina coastal storm sent a home into the ocean off the Outer Banks island of Hatteras overnight Friday, marking the sixth house collapse in the area this year.. The unoccupied home was ...
First day of the Gregorian calendar, celebrated with Junkanoo parades in most islands. [2] New Year's Eve sees many beach parties throughout the Bahamas. [3] January 10: Majority Rule Day: Commemorates the day the Bahamian government gained majority rule for the first time, on this day in 1967.