Comments on: Caribbean Day Parade a Huge Success

By: lola gets

lola gets — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:03:27 +0000

No, the “mud people” are those persons celebrating Mas with Jouvet. These persons stay up all night long mixing the mud and partying. They then smear the mud on themselves and try to get it on others as well. By doing so, they are honoring the darker spirits, the darker sides of humanity.

I did research on this some years ago when I was asked to partake in the rites. I choose not, hehe.

By: IMGoph

IMGoph — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:28:08 +0000

what’s the deal with the kenyan flag on that one float? kenya is a long long way from the caribbean.

By: Peg

Peg — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:23:02 +0000

Great pics! Sorry about your shirt and even sorrier about that painful looking sunburn!! I think the parade needs a Bahamian Junkanoo contingent if it doesn’t already have one. They can be heard from miles away, so parade watchers don’t give up in the heat. I don’t do hot weather parades anymore because, being made of sugar, I just melt away! ;-}

By: GforGood

GforGood — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:58:27 +0000

“Some very muddy ladies wearing almost nothing”

What? Where? When? Arrrgghh… I missed that part!

By: PetworthRes

PetworthRes — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:57:54 +0000

The stilt dudes are Moko Jumbies, very cool. Did you know Bill Clinton had moko jumbies in his inaugural parade?

anyway, found some stuff online about the guys spread with oil and mud:

From the Patois for “devil” and “molasses” the Jab Molassie is one of several types of devil mas. He strikes fear into the hearts of children and adults alike, as he threatens to smear them with his black oil, carried in a oil tin. The simple costume consists of short pants or pants cut off at the knee, with a wire tail, mask and horns and a pitchfork. The whole body is smeared with grease or mud, red, green or blue paint.

When Jab Molsassies choose to daub themselves with mud this is what is popularly referred to as mud mas. Not all of the traditional elements are transferred to this expression of the character but a good time is had by all. The Jab Molassie wines to the accompaniment of imps beating tins who attempt to restrain him by pulling on the rope or chain around his neck.

By: Kalia

Kalia — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:29:19 +0000

The truck that lead that group had a sign on it that said it was The Mud Farm. It looked like they had a smaller truck towards the back where you could get muddied up and join the fun. The pic PoP has of them has a lot more people in it than where we saw them.

By: Kalia

Kalia — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:16:03 +0000

I don’t think it arrived at Upshur and Georgia until around 12:30 or 1, we were so hot and thirsty we almost left but then finally we heard…no felt the boom boom boom of the first group! So glad we stuck around, it was awesome

By: bogfrog

bogfrog — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:14:24 +0000

What was the mud all about? I walked through GA Ave when it was already over leaving work at 4pm. Some very muddy ladies wearing almost nothing

By: Quincy St Neighbor

Quincy St Neighbor — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:06:52 +0000

What time did the parade arrive at the Petworth Metro?

By: matt91

matt91 — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:27:21 +0000

Sure looks like a Univ of Maine shirt, but I’ve never seen that logo before.