Saturday, August 22, 2020

Teaching Children In The Caribbean And In The United States How To Be Moko Jumbies (Stilt Walk/Dance)

Edited by Azizi Powell
This pancocojams post provides information about moko jumbies in the Caribbean (the West Indies). This post also showcases five videos of children in the Caribbean and in the United States learning how to be moko jumbies (stilt walk/dance) in the Caribbean ikisbtilmoko jumbies in Trinidad and Tobago. Selected comments from the discussion thread of some of these videos are also included in this post.

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Here are some comments from this video's discussion thread, with numbers added for referencing purposes only.

1. Y'all, 2018
"This is cool, but
How do they get off?"
** REPLY 2.Nikhil Manrag, 2018 "Ladder i live in tnt" ** REPLY 3. Skye Hernandez, 2018 "Moko jumbies have a way of coming down with the help of the all-important handlers. You simply turn your back to a handler, put your arms out, stoop and let yourself fall backwards into the hands of the handler. A lot of strength and trust involved. The ones on the higher sticks sit on walls or trees or anywhere high to untie themselves and then come down. And yes, as Epicness FTW says, they use short ladders, if available."
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4. InfiredKookieMonster, 2018
"The Muffled Crew on a wall or high structure"

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5. It's just Tay Tay, 2019
"I'm from st.thomas in the Virgin Islands and here in the the Caribbean we love to do this in our parades 🇻🇮🇻🇮🇻🇮🇻🇮🇻🇮🇻🇮🇻🇮"
**** Video #4: Magic Of Moko Jumbies: New Generation Of Teens Take Up Stilt Dancing Tradition | NBC Nightly News


NBC News, October 26, 2019
There’s a new generation of Brooklyn kids learning to become Moko Jumbies - stilt dancers that you see at celebrations all across the Caribbean. Jason Edwards, an immigrant from Trinidad and Tobago, is teaching teenagers to get in touch with their heritage.

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Video #5: MOKO JUMBIE 101 | Artist in Motion


Jason Edwards from Kaisokah USA will show us the basics of stilt walking and do's and don't of being a Moko Jumbie!

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