The jumbies' playing ground : old world influence on Afro-Creole masquerades in the Eastern Caribbean / Robert Wyndham Nicholls.

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 and...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author:	Nicholls, Robert (Robert Wyndham)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, ©2012.
Series:	Folklore studies in a multicultural world.
Subjects:	Moko Jumbies > Caribbean Area. Stilt-walkers > Caribbean Area. Carnival > Caribbean Area. Caribbean Area > Social life and customs. Carnival. Manners and customs. Moko Jumbies. Stilt-walkers. Caribbean Area.