Author :
Publisher :
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 15,14 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Art
ISBN :
Seventeen years ago, Glen 'Dragon' De Souza founded the Keylemanjahro School of Arts and Culture on the
Author : Opal Palmer Adisa
Publisher : Plumeria
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 47,25 MB
Release : 2016-08-12
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780997890013
When Bamidele spots two Moko Jumbies outside of his window one night he is determined to uncover the mystery behind the masked stilted dancers. He embarks on a quest: Are Moko Jumbies to be feared or are they really protective magical ancestral spirits?
Author : Tracey Baptiste
Publisher : Algonquin Books
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 30,93 MB
Release : 2016-04-26
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 161620592X
Corinne La Mer claims she isn’t afraid of anything. Not scorpions, not the boys who tease her, and certainly not jumbies. They’re just tricksters made up by parents to frighten their children. Then one night Corinne chases an agouti all the way into the forbidden forest, and shining yellow eyes follow her to the edge of the trees. They couldn’t belong to a jumbie. Or could they? When Corinne spots a beautiful stranger at the market the very next day, she knows something extraordinary is about to happen. When this same beauty, called Severine, turns up at Corinne’s house, danger is in the air. Severine plans to claim the entire island for the jumbies. Corinne must call on her courage and her friends and learn to use ancient magic she didn’t know she possessed to stop Severine and to save her island home.
Author : Kimberly J. Morse
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1037 pages
File Size : 42,75 MB
Release : 2022-08-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1440852391
This two-volume encyclopedia profiles the contemporary culture and society of every country in the Americas, from Canada and the United States to the islands of the Caribbean and the many countries of Latin America. From delicacies to dances, this encyclopedia introduces readers to cultures and customs of all of the countries of the Americas, explaining what makes each country unique while also demonstrating what ties the cultures and peoples together. The Americas profiles the 40 nations and territories that make up North America, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America, including British, U.S., Dutch, and French territories. Each country profile takes an in-depth look at such contemporary topics as religion, lifestyle and leisure, cuisine, gender roles, dress, festivals, music, visual arts, and architecture, among many others, while also providing contextual information on history, politics, and economics. Readers will be able to draw cross-cultural comparisons, such as between gender roles in Mexico and those in Brazil. Coverage on every country in the region provides readers with a useful compendium of cultural information, ideal for anyone interested in geography, social studies, global studies, and anthropology.
Author : Milla Cozart Riggio
Publisher : Presbyterian Publishing Corp
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 28,82 MB
Release : 2004-09-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0203646045
This beautifully illustrated volume features work by leading writers and experts on carnival from around the world, and includes two stunning photo essays by acclaimed photographers Pablo Delano and Jeffrey Chock. Editor Milla Cozart Riggio presents a body of work that takes the reader on a fascinating journey exploring the various aspects of carnival - its traditions, its history, its music, its politics - and prefaces each section with an illuminating essay. Traditional carnival theory, based mainly on the work of Mikhail Bakhtin and Victor Turner, has long defined carnival as inversive or subversive. The essays in this groundbreaking anthology collectively reverse that trend, offering a re-definition of 'carnival' that focuses not on the hierarchy it temporarily displaces or negates, but a one that is rooted in the actual festival event. Carnival details its new theory in terms of a carnival that is at once representative and distinctive: The Carnival of Trinidad - the most copied yet least studied major carnival in the world.
Author : Opal Palmer Adisa
Publisher : Plumeria
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 43,32 MB
Release : 2016-08-10
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780997890006
When Bambidele spots two Moko Jumbies outside of his window one night he is determined to uncover the mystery behind the masked stilted dancers. He embarks on a quest: Are Moko Jumbies to be feared or are they really protective magical ancestral spirits?
Author : Tracey Baptiste
Publisher : Disney Electronic Content
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 15,42 MB
Release : 2024-08-06
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1368074898
From the best-selling author of the Jumbies series comes an Afro-Caribbean-inspired story about three cousins who discover they are mokos--protector spirits--during carnival season in Brooklyn Weirdness and wonders abound in this colorful celebration of Afro-Caribbean culture by the author of the beloved Jumbies series. Twelve-year-old Misty and her mother have just moved from Trinidad to Brooklyn, New York, in time for the annual carnival celebrations over Labor Day weekend. Misty has plenty to deal with getting used to living with her cousins Aiden and Brooke in her new surroundings. On top of that, her mom is too busy trying to find a job and her aunts and uncles are too preoccupied with carnival preparations to pay any attention to her. Then really strange things begin to happen. A ball of feathers in the basement turns into a creature that squeaks and rolls around. When Misty and her cousins eat pieces of mango anchar, flames shoot out of their mouths. Most disturbing of all, Misty begins to see visions of the future--scary visions that soon come true. Misty discovers that she and her cousins come from a long line of mokos, people who have special powers meant to help them protect their community. Misty can see impending danger, Aiden can heal, and Brooke has crazy physical strength. The trio is just learning about their skills when Misty senses something watching her. And then each of the carnival events is disrupted by a different disaster. Some kind of evil force is clearly trying to stop the festivities. But why? And will moko magic be enough to save the day?
Author : Roy Maloy
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 36,19 MB
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1291283544
With a history as vast and varied as any on earth stilt walking has a past that spans numerous industries, and has been used throughout time in countless cultures. Now, in one complete and definitive volume, Roy Maloy, the most accomplished stilt walker in history with four world records for fetes on stilts, takes the reader on a journey through time and culture as he explores the use of stilts throughout history.
Author : Stefan Falke
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 41,29 MB
Release : 2021-01-13
Category :
ISBN : 9781034262053
New York City based and internationally known photographer Stefan Falke focuses on the resilience of his fellow New Yorkers, on moments of normalcy under exceptional circumstances during the pandemic in 2020. These stunning photographs of his chosen hometown of the last twenty years include New Yorkers in what they always do: They keep going !! Keep Going New York !! 59 photographs, 62 pages, 10×8 in, 25×20 cm, with an introduction by New York based journalist Claudia Steinberg.
Author : Robert Wyndham Nicholls
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 11,76 MB
Release : 2012-09-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1617036110
A study of the carnival traditions that created "whole theater" folk pageants
