Junkanoo

E294444
Bahamian tradition cultural festival street parade

Junkanoo is a vibrant Bahamian street parade and festival featuring elaborate costumes, rhythmic drumming, and energetic dancing, celebrated especially around Christmas and New Year.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Junkanoo canonical 2
Junkanoo festival 1
Junkanoo groups 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bahamian tradition ⓘ
cultural festival ⓘ
street parade ⓘ
competitionElement best choreography ⓘ
best costume ⓘ
best music ⓘ
best overall group ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Bahamas ⓘ
surface form: The Bahamas
culturalSignificance expression of Bahamian identity ⓘ
major tourist attraction ⓘ
national festival of The Bahamas ⓘ
hasActivity costume competition ⓘ
dancing ⓘ
drumming ⓘ
music performance ⓘ
street parade ⓘ
hasCharacteristic colorful ⓘ
energetic ⓘ
vibrant ⓘ
hasComponent costume ⓘ
dance ⓘ
float ⓘ
music ⓘ
parade group ⓘ
hasGenre Afro-Caribbean music ⓘ
hasOrigin African traditions ⓘ
enslaved Africans in The Bahamas ⓘ
hasRhythm syncopated drumming ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainLocation Out Islands of the Bahamas ⓘ
surface form: Family Islands of The Bahamas

Freeport ⓘ
Nassau ⓘ
performedBy Junkanoo self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Junkanoo groups

dancers ⓘ
musicians ⓘ
relatedTo Bahamian dance ⓘ
Bahamian music ⓘ
timeOfDay early morning ⓘ
late night ⓘ
typicalDate Boxing Day ⓘ
Christmas ⓘ
surface form: Christmas Day

New Year’s Day ⓘ
usesInstrument brass instruments ⓘ
cowbell ⓘ
goat-skin drum ⓘ
horns ⓘ
whistle ⓘ
usesMaterial cardboard ⓘ
crepe paper ⓘ
feathers ⓘ
glitter ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Afro-Bahamians → musicTradition → Junkanoo ⓘ
Junkanoo Beach → hasCulturalAssociation → Junkanoo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Junkanoo festival
Crop Over (Barbados) → relatedEvent → Junkanoo ⓘ
subject surface form: Crop Over
Junkanoo → performedBy → Junkanoo self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Junkanoo groups