Two of Ghana's notable music brands, Bob Pinodo and the Santrofi Band, will perform at the Worldwide Junkanoo Festival scheduled for October 24 to October 29 in Toronto, Canada.
Pointed toward uniting the variety of societies and customs, music, dance, display and culinary enjoyments from around the world, the festival additionally includes Ras McBean (Guyana), Molina Mohammed (Mexico), Pierre Noel Steel Band, among others.
Visitor speakers for the occasion incorporate Dr. Mohammed Awal, Clergyman for The travel industry, Expressions and Culture - Ghana and Prof. Kimani (PhD).
This occasion is coordinated by the World Junkanoo Festival Establishment, and World Festival Commission. The occasion is supposed to pulled in trevellers from around the world, as uncovered by the coordinators.
The Junkanoo festival began from Africa, portraying slaves concealing their countenances under a flour glue during it's festival.
The festival, one of the Caribbean's road marches with music, is frequently celebrated with brilliant ensembles to extravagant dance schedules, members go through months getting ready for the pomp of this road march joined by the consistent beat of whistles, cowbells, horns, and drums hours after midnight.
History has it that, the beginning was named after John Kayak, an African dealer on the West African Coast during the time of subjection. John was in many cases depicted as a defiant slave, while at different times as a fruitful Black trader in Africa nations whose story was helped over to the Bahamas through oral custom (Sands, 2008).
The festival was initially celebrated in the nights, after the slave proprietors had hit the sack. Today, Junkanoo is viewed as the festival t of outfits, music, and move to rejoin Africans lost culture and a stage towards saving our legacy.
The lady version of the renowned Junkanoo Festival prominent among the Caribbean was sent off in Accra in 2022 to put a focus on the nation's way of life and legacy.
This is to connect the Caribbean-Africa hole and to attract admirers of Festival to the country to observe the better legacy that has been laid out Ghana