KINGSTON, Jamaica— The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport says that it is committed to reviving Jonkonnu in Jamaica to create avenues for exposure and retention of the art form.

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KINGSTON, Jamaica – Though loved by many, Jonkonnu in Jamaica is only practised by a few bands that still get fired up at the thought of costumed characters parading through the streets, scaring or ...

Drum beats sounded on Market Street Saturday morning as a noisy, joyful crowd of costumed revelers danced and sang their way around the block. About 150 people gathered for the second annual Jonkonnu ...

In 19th-century Jamaica when everyone heard the cry on Christmas Day, “Jonkonnu a come!” it meant the pageantry and festival was about to begin in the town squares. Artist Isaac Mendes Belisario ...

Jonkonnu is also called Junkanoo and John Canoe. Unofficial, community-based Jonkonnu celebrations are found in Jamaica, St. Kitts-Nevis and Turks and Caicos. Below, some places with official ...

Although Jamaica is an island that has never seen snow, and its houses are designed without chimneys, Christmas season in Jamaica is the most festive time of the year. The season is celebrated with ...

Edward Warren was a young doctor in the early 1850s when he first witnessed it. Later in life, he described what he saw at Christmastime among the enslaved population at Somerset Place, one of the ...

A piece of Wilmington's Christmas history comes back to life on Saturday as the Bellamy Mansion Museum restages its "Jonkonnu" celebration, beginning at 11 a.m. Admission is free. The Bellamy Mansion ...

DANGRIGA, BELIZE — The drummers form a semicircle and settle into their chairs; the rhythm thunders to life. Street dogs scatter like bullets. A dancer jumps before the drummers like a mad strutting ...