Jonkonnu
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Jonkonnu is a traditional Jamaican masquerade festival featuring costumed street parades, music, and dance, rooted in African and colonial-era folk traditions.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jamaican festival
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folk performance ⓘ masquerade tradition ⓘ street parade ⓘ |
| associatedWithInstrument |
banjo
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drums ⓘ fiddle ⓘ fife ⓘ rattles ⓘ shakas ⓘ |
| associatedWithPeriod |
Boxing Day
NERFINISHED
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Christmas season ⓘ New Year celebrations ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Jamaica ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
expression of Afro-Jamaican identity
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form of resistance to slavery ⓘ preservation of African-derived performance traditions ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
Actor Boy
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Belly Woman NERFINISHED ⓘ Cow Head ⓘ Devil ⓘ Horse Head NERFINISHED ⓘ Pitchy Patchy NERFINISHED ⓘ Policeman ⓘ Set Girls ⓘ Soldier ⓘ |
| hasCulturalOrigin |
African traditions
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Afro-Jamaican folk culture ⓘ European colonial-era traditions ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
folk dance
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folk music ⓘ street theatre ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
developed during the colonial era in Jamaica
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performed by enslaved Africans and their descendants ⓘ |
| languageOfPerformance | Jamaican Creole NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performanceSetting |
public squares
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streets ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | intangible cultural heritage of Jamaica ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Caribbean masquerade traditions
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Christmas folk customs ⓘ Junkanoo in the Bahamas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typicalElement |
call-and-response songs
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costumed masqueraders ⓘ dancing ⓘ drumming ⓘ folk theatre ⓘ singing ⓘ street processions ⓘ |
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