Barbados
Dominica
Trinidad & Tobago
British Virgin Isles.
US Virgin Islands
noun
Stilt dancers in an African tradition carried over into carnival. Their costumes represent beings from the realm of the dead
alternatives
ba bwa, mocko jumbie
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2 comments
Dominica
Dominica
7 years ago

We call them Babwa

Jamaica
Jamaica
Bobzy
7 years ago

Moko jumbie is combination of two spiritual forces. One represents the moko of West Africa And the other is jumbie which is uniquely Trinidadian