Jankunu Festival Of The Garifuna - Caribbean Culture and Lifestyle
Nov 10, 2019 · Jankunu, also known as John Canoe in English, is the HABINAHAN WANARAGUA Festival of the Garifuna of southern Belize. According to tradition, this festival is rooted in male secret societies of West Africa, Poro , and Egungun, which was where most of the African slaves were taken by the British and forcibly brought to British Honduras to fuel ...
Celebrating the Holidays in Belize - The Story Behind the Jankunu ...
The Habinahan Wanaragua Jankunu Festival (also known as the John Canoe festival) is a traditional Garifuna dance festival which sees masked and costumed dancers parading the streets and roaming from house to house accompanied by the beat of drummers.
The Habinahan Wanaragua Jankunu Festival - John Canoe Dance - Belize…
Aug 22, 2024 · The smallest Jankunu Dancer in Belize steps into the limelight and wows the ladies. The costumes are colorful and gorgeous to an extreme. Pants are dark colored and the shirts white or light colored adorned with cross ribbons reminiscent of the cross gun belts of British military uniforms.
Jankunu and Charikanari - Celebrating the Holidays in Dangriga, Belize
During the Christmas and New Year holidays the local Garifuna community of Dangriga, Belize takes to the streets to enjoy the Jankunu and Charikanari dancers. The celebrations, dancing and drumming at this time of the year is one of those undiscovered secrets of Belize.
Wanaragua: A Garifuna Christmas Dance Tradition - Travel Belize
After exile from St. Vincent and arrival in Belize 200 years ago, “John Canoe” or Jankunu is a form of expression as the attire and dance serve as a satirical representation, subtly mocking the British colonial masters. The term “Wanaragua” holds the key to the dance’s essence- “mask.”
Jankunu – A Cultural highlight of the Wanaragua Dance
Dec 21, 2018 · “John Canoe” or Jankunu, which typically refers to a dance meant to make fun of the image of colonial slave masters, is known to the Garifuna diaspora as Wanaragua. Further, this dance is more than just satirical expression.
Bring The Spirit Up with the Garifuna’s Annual Jankunu Festival
Jan 13, 2023 · The Jankunu festival is primarily a celebration, but it’s also a competition among two major Garifuna communities, Dangriga and Seine Bight. Each community vies for the title every year, sending in dancers with ever more elaborate costumes and footwork to …
Holiday Traditions of Belize - Island Expeditions
The Garifuna Jankunu Dance is a traditional Christmas celebration among the Garifuna people of Belize. The Garifuna are an Afro-Caribbean culture that originated in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, but has a strong presence in Belize, Honduras, …
Garifuna Settlement Day in Belize: Drumming, Dance, and …
November brings one of Belize’s most vibrant cultural events— Garifuna Settlement Day. This holiday offers travelers a front-row seat to the rich heritage of the Garifuna people, whose drumming, dance, and storytelling create a deeply immersive cultural experience.
Belize celebrates the rich culture of the Garifuna
Nov 19, 2020 · JANKUNU. A cultural masked dance, the Jankunu (Wanaragua) incorporates vibrant costumes and masks, along with intricate footwork, drumming and much singing to tell the tales of the struggles of their ancestors.