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The Jankunu Dance is proformed every year around the Christmas Season. The dancers go from house to house over a period of a week.

 

In Belize, Jankunu is a satirical dance where individuals dress like colonial slave masters and dance off beat to a fast tempo drum 4/4 beat. Because of a thin mustache and black hair, the mask of what is most likely Spaniard is worn. The dance is associated with Garifuna culture, however Belizean kriol peoples, East Indians, and Garifunas in Honduras participate in the practice. - From Wikipedia. This dance was in my front yard (and then on my front porch when it started to rain) in Dangriga by the invitation of Mrs. Martha.

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