Moko jumbies
Subtitle: the dancing spirits of Trinidad
By: Stefan Falke ; preface by Geoffrey Holder ; introduction by Earl Lovelace
Publisher: Pointed Leaf
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
Subjects: Carnival -- Trinidad -- Pictorial works; Stilts -- Pictorial works; Trinidad -- Social life and customs -- Pictorial works
Genres: Pictorial works
Description: Seventeen years ago, Glen "Dragon" de Souza founded the Keylemanjahro School of Arts and Culture on the island of Trinidad in the Caribbean. The school's mission was to revive the almost-forgotten West African tradition of the Moko Jumbie, or "dancing spirit" and adopt stilt-walking into the annual Carnival celebration.