2019年9月16日 · In Belize the particular style of Jonkunnu is known as the Wanaragua. In an effort to not only continue to preserve their rich Garifuna culture but also to engage young people in positive activity, the Habinahan Wanaragua Steering Committee offered a 14 week course for children throughout Belize to learn the various aspects of Jonkunnu.

2019年11月10日 · Jankunu, also known as John Canoe in English, is the HABINAHAN WANARAGUA Festival of the Garifuna of southern Belize. According to tradition, this festival is rooted in male secret societies of West Africa, Poro, and Egungun, which was where most of the African slaves were taken by the British and forcibly brought to British Honduras to fuel ...

2024年8月22日 · The Habinahan Wanaragua Jankunu Festival (also known as the John Canoe) is one of those undiscovered secrets of Belize that is at once spectacular, colorful and so embodying of local culture that it makes one feel it should be reserved only for locals – sort of like that special dish that is only shared with family or close friends at Christmas.

2012年4月27日 · The warlike Wanaragua dance, also known as Máscaro in Spanish or John Canoe in English, is performed during Garífuna Christmas and New Years festivities and patron saint celebrations.

Discover the rich tapestry of the Garifuna culture with Wanaragua, a captivating dance that takes centre stage during the Christmas season. After the festive month of November celebrating …

2021年11月3日 · The Wanaragua emerged in the eighteenth century during the time of the slave trade and is still performed today in Belize and other Caribbean and Central American countries. Today, the Wanaragua reifies the Garinagu’s presence in Belize and depicts the cultural group’s resilience and resistance.

The Wanaragua, also known as Maladi, Baile de Máscaro, and Jonkunoo in Garifuna, is a traditional masked Garifuna warrior dance, and is danced primarily by men dressed in elaborate women’s costume, draped with long ribbons.

The Wanaragua is a masquerade dance with great social and festive importance that has evolved throughout the Caribbean for the last 200 years. Its pomp and pageantry is elegant, beautiful and full of finesse. The dance is traditionally performed by men. Their costumes involve elaborate headresses complete with feathers and mirrors.

Wanaragua or Jankunu is a dance performed every year during the Christmas season. The Jankunu dance is a satirical dance. This impressive art form is an amalgam of music, dance, mime and cultural symbolism in a formidable display of male supremacy, likely to reinforcee the Garinagu resistance to slavery.

The Wanaragua is a masked dance popularly known as the “Jankunu” in Belize. Historically this dance was performed from house to house around Christmas time.