- one or two Moko
Jumbies would parade with a
small band of musicians,
often issuing blessings and
warding off evil spirits. Moko
Jumbies remain central...
- folk
religion of Montserrat, a
jumbie is a ghost, or
spirit of the dead.
Jumbies are said to
possess people during ceremonies called jumbie dances, which...
- 2005. ISBN 978-0-689-86773-6. The
Jumbies.
Algonquin Young Readers. 2015. ISBN 9781616204143. Rise of the
Jumbies.
Algonquin Young Readers. 2017. ISBN 9781616206659...
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sometimes over a
distance of more than 50 km
Jumby Atmai – a
large bar of
precious metal (the "
jumby") is tied to a pole by a
thread and contestants...
- spirits. In many of the
islands of the
Lesser Antilles,
duppy are
known as
jumbies.
Barbados also uses the word
duppy and it
holds the same
meaning as it...
-
family known by the
common names least snout-bean, burn-mouth-vine, and
jumby-bean. It can be
found on
every continent. It is
naturalized in Hawaii. This...
- Long
Island Long Island, also
known as
Jumby Bay, is an
island off the
northeast coast of Antigua. It is
located off the
northern tip of the
Parham Peninsula...
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headdresses worn by the Moko-
Jumbies are said to be
patterned after a
Macaw in bloom.
Wearing stilts six to
eight feet high, Moko-
Jumbies dance to
entertain the...
- Microtea, the
jumby peppers, are a
genus of
flowering plants in the
family Microteaceae,
native to the
Caribbean islands,
Central America, and tropical...
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Matty attacks Casey,
smashing the
mirror on her head, and
tells her: "
Jumby wants to be born now". She puts him to bed and
leaves in shock. Casey's...
