junkanoo
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Etymology
From John Canoe, the older name of the festival, perhaps named after folk hero John Canoe.
Noun
junkanoo (countable and uncountable, plural junkanoos)
- A parade held in the Bahamas.
- (music) A style of goombay traditionally played on goatskin drums and cowbells during the parade.
- 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 274:
- Rafael sang from his stuffings, the beat swirled, the brass blasted, and in a three-month period, America bought a bargeful of the Munings' "junkanoo" sound.
- 2000, Michael Craton, Gail Saunders, A History of the Bahamian People, University of Georgia Press, →ISBN, page 490:
- Junkanoo also became established among expatriate Bahamian communities, notably in Miami and Toronto, where Junkanoo bands were to be seen at the Orange Bowl and Caribana parades respectively.
