There were no Junkanoo parades through 1947, although the drums never stopped beating in the African townships. In 1947, my uncle was one of a group of Bahamians who petitioned the government to ...

There are the junkanoo drum and the tom tom. The largest drum is called a B-52, which is a huge bass drum made from the interior of a clothes dryer, according to Stuempfle.

# Junkanoo cannot be held hostage by a group of people who have various biases and are holding on to the reins for dear life as if they belong to them alone. It belongs to all Bahamians regardless of ...

Junkanoo brings visitors and locals together in Nassau and throuhout the Bahamas Islands. Celebrate, dance and having a great time. It’s better in the Bahamas, and Junkanoo is one of the many ...

Junkanoo - Nassau. Bahamas Information Services ... and the drums would draw me in. I’m unsure if it’s part of my African ancestry, but I’ve always connected with the drums.

Through “Junkanooacome” (“Junkanoo is coming” in Jamaican patois), Jodie Lyn-Kee-Chow offers an adaptation of a pan-Caribbean festival with a parade of masked dancers.

Nassau’s Biggest Party: Junkanoo. December 11, 2015 • 2 min read. The distant roar of brass horns, rhythm sticks, cowbells, whistles, and pounding goatskin drums grows louder, ...

The musical challenges the audience to imagine Junkanoo without the components many take for granted: the whistle, the cowbell, and, in particular, the goatskin drum.

If you went to G.W. Carver Middle School, you probably remember that, around this time each year, you and your classmates were lucky enough to spend a few hours on the sports field watching ...

Field for the Junkanoo Jam in the Bahamas next November, per source, is BYU, Boston College, Tulsa and George Mason. — Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanHoops) December 5, 2019 Boston College had the Gotham ...