[PDF.05vp] The Jumbies' Playing Ground: Old World Influences on Afro-Creole Masquerades in the Eastern Caribbean (Folklore Studies in a Multicultural World Series)

The Jumbies' Playing Ground: Old World Influences on Afro-Creole Masquerades in the Eastern Caribbean (Folklore Studies in a Multicultural World Series)

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 | #3779492 in Books |  2015-02-17 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  .90 x5.50 x8.70l,.0 | File type: PDF | 336 pages

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||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| A detailed history of Caribbean masquerading|By Robert Nicholls|Detailed detective work into the cultural history of masquerading and costume-wearing in the Eastern Caribbean showing those European and African influences that impact festival and carnival disguizes. Encyclopedic in scope it stands as a important reference for Caribbean arts. Many B&W and colour photos appear wi| ||“This study greatly expands the documentary record of masquerades in the Leeward Islands and offers a wealth of material for comparison with festive traditions elsewhere in the Caribbean.”|―Stephen Stuempfle, Society for Ethnomusicology, Indiana

During the masquerades common during carnival time, jumbies (ghosts or ancestral spirits) are set free to roam the streets of Caribbean nations, turning the world topsy-turvy. Modern carnivals, which evolved from earlier ritual celebrations featuring disguised performers, are important cultural andeconomic events throughout the Caribbean, a direct link to a multilayered history.

This work explores the evolutionary connections in function, garb, and behavior between ...

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