3rd Day of Christmas – Elaborate Dressing & Merriment
The main holidays for enslaved Africans during the 17th – 19th centuries were Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day. On these occasions, the …
25 Days of Christmas
2nd Day of Christmas – Jonkonnu
Jonkonnu is one of the oldest dance forms in Jamaica which was performed on the three holidays allowed to the enslaved Africans in the English-speaking …
25 Days of Christmas
1st Day of Christmas
The Christmas breeze, carols, the blooming poinsettia, gungo peas, Christmas cake, sorrel, increase in commercial activities, the re-painting of houses, Christmas trees and lights … …
25 Days of Christmas
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