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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