Valley Boys "City of Gold"
tasteofthebahamas.com The call early in the morning just before the stat of Junkanoo in the city of Nassau on historic Bay Street is normally, " Who's in da morning!" That is not a question but an all out exclamation that requires only one response. "Da Valley!" The ValleyBoys have been celebrating the Bahamian cultural arts of costume, music and dance for more than 50 years. They have in fact been winning from they began. ( Chronology of Junkanoo Winners - Boxing Day ) The Valley Boys can be used as the post card for Junkanoo. Junkanoo comes to us in The Bahamas from the many tribes from countries like Nigeria, Togo, Senegal and Ghana.All of these had common heritage when it came to celebrating "First Fruits".First fruits was celebrated in the Bahamas as a " rush" that left the "over-da-hill area, the area where freed slaves were settled in the city of Nassau, and proceed to the business area of Bay Street. They did so while playing...
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