MOKO JUMBIES (STILT WALKERS) IN TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
The term Moko is believed to stem from the secret societies of West or Central Africa, referencing village guardians that could foresee evil from a towering height, servants of a vengeful god that performed inscrutable actions as they communicated with the ancestors, reaching the skies without visible help.
In Trinidad & Tobago, the Moko Jumbies are considered protectors; and are living proof of African cultural resistance in the New World, having survived the Middle Passage and subsequent repressions enforced during slavery and its aftermath. The Legend says that the MOKOs crossed the ocean and followed the slave ships from Africa to the Caribbean
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Music: Benji C - Moko Jumbie
