Bahamas Emancipation Day Traditions and Activities (Fox Hill - TopicsExpress



          

Bahamas Emancipation Day Traditions and Activities (Fox Hill Day) Emancipation Day is celebrated in Bahamas on the first Monday of the month of August with a great fervour. The celebration is mainly concentrated in the village of Fox Hill village of Nassau, a slave village on the central Bahamas that was perhaps the last Bahamian settlement to get the news of the Independence from the rule of the cruel masters and the success of the Revolution. The Junkanoo festival is also celebrated coinciding with the Emancipation Day so that Bahamians get a double chance to celebrate. The Emancipation day celebration in The Bahamas starts with a Road race on the streets of the land so that the people can display their affection for their motherland in some way. Next day, the celebration is followed by a songs and dances performed by leading musicians and artists to signify the importance of the day and commemorate the sacrifice of the martyrs.In these dance forms of the Junakoo festival, the participants compete in a group of about 400 participants wearing paper costumes to the tunes of the pulsating Junakoo music. The final attraction of the celebration is the grand food festival held on the last day of the celebration of the Independence of the land. There are various attractive and delicious Bahamian Recipes on the plates of the people on this day. The other important events of the significant occasion are scrape bands, limbo dancing, folk lore, folk dancing and competitive games like greasy pole and plaiting the pole.
Posted on: Mon, 05 Aug 2013 13:31:18 +0000

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