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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...
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    for several blocks in each direction. It starts at West Bay, around the Junkanoo Beach area. A few hotels and restaurants are located on West Bay. The next...
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    Baha Men (redirect from Junkanoo!)
    Baha Men are a Bahamian junkanoo band formed in New Providence, Bahamas in 1977. They are best known for their Grammy Award-winning hit song "Who Let the...
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  • 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...
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  • Rake-and-scrape is the traditional music of The Bahamas, alongside Junkanoo. It combines African musical elements with European musical elements to create...
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  • and author best known for his music that blends folk, rock, carnival, junkanoo, calypso, reggae, and African music stylings. His Exuma persona, as well...
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    called KC & The Sunshine Junkanoo Band because KC used studio musicians from TK and a local Junkanoo band called the Miami Junkanoo Band. Meantime, bassist...
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  • 20th century, and one chapter of that thesis was expanded into the book Junkanoo: Festival of The Bahamas (Macmillan Caribbean 1992, ISBN 0-333-55469-8)...
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    Caribbean Carnival adopts the name "Carnival". For instance, in the Bahamas, Junkanoo commemorates the emancipations of slavery since 1884 through lively parades...
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  • Holidays". The Bahamas. Retrieved 5 May 2020. Wheatley, Nick. "Guide to Junkanoo: How the Bahamas Celebrates Christmas & New Years". Wandering Wheatleys...
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    event in the Bahamas, for a summer festival with short parades known as ‘Junkanoo’. The goombay name has also evolved to become synonymous with local Afro-Caribbean...
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  • "Exuma, the Obeah Man" as his name. The pseudonym draws from memories of Junkanoo festivals from his childhood. Wyld adopted the pseudonym "Daddy Ya Ya"...
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    needed] Junkanoo is a traditional Bahamian street parade of music, dance, and art held in Nassau every Boxing Day and New Year's Day. Junkanoo is also...
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  • "Who Let the Dogs Out" is a song performed by Bahamian junkanoo band Baha Men. Originally released by Anslem Douglas (titled "Doggie") in 1998, it was...
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  • expatriates have since returned to Turks and Caicos, bringing with them Bahamian junkanoo music. Modern ripsaw pioneers include Tell and the Rakooneers and Lovey...
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  • fell in 1725, though Canoe's fate is unknown. He is commemorated in the Junkanoo festival held in the Caribbean each December. January Conny (also named...
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  • $5 – Sir Cecil Wallace-Whitfield and the back shows a Junkanoo group 'rushing' in the Junkanoo parade; the $10 – an older Queen Elizabeth II (replacing...
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  • Willie Bobo on percussion. "Sermonette" "Work Song" "The Old Country" "Junkanoo" "Stony Island" "Little Boy with the Sad Eyes" "Never Say Yes" "Jive Samba"...
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  • appearances by the Bahamian junkanoo band Baha Men. The group's songs create the movie's island soundtrack. "Back to the Island" "Mo' Junkanoo" "Gin and Coconut...
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    known for the hit single "Doggie", which was later covered by the Bahamian junkanoo band Baha Men as "Who Let the Dogs Out". Douglas was born and raised in...
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    Poland, Slovakia and Switzerland) Father's Day (Bulgaria) The first day of Junkanoo street parade, the second day is on the New Year's Day (The Bahamas) National...
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  • collaborative process of Junkanoo, an annual Caribbean street parade. He was a designer and artistic director for the Junkanoo groups Saxon Superstars...
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    evening before Lent, Carnival ends with the symbolic burning of King Momo. Junkanoo is the principal street parade in the Bahamas, it has been practiced in...
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  • Anglophone Caribbean Genres Benna Calypso Chutney Dancehall Dub Goombay Junkanoo Mento Rake-and-scrape Ragga Rapso Reggae Ripsaw Rocksteady Scratch Ska...
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    and scholars perceive specific parallels with costumes and music of the junkanoo parades of the Bahamas, and some street celebrations in Haiti. In a broader...
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    "straw", is plaited into hats and bags that are popular tourist items. Junkanoo is a traditional Afro-Bahamian street parade of 'rushing', music, dance...
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    Collection of Unissued Gems, as the last song in "Children's Medley". Junkanoo Mummer's Day The Armagh Rhymers "Christmas and New Year in Ireland Long...
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  • deals with or helps explain the issue Stanley is grappling with. Bahamian Junkanoo and reggae fusion group Baha Men, who are best known for their hit song...
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  • for Junkanoo, a Bahamian festival at Christmas. She is also the editor and expander of her father's book on the festival: E. Clement Bethel; Junkanoo: Festival...
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    derived from sound of cowbells heard during the annual Bahamian festival of Junkanoo. There are five more variations of Kalik beer: Kalik Gold, is a 7% alc...
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