Santrofie Band, Bob Pinodo for International Junkanoo Festival on Oct. 24 – 29

A good number of musicians have been selected to perform at the International Junkanoo Festival which seeks to bring together diversity of cultures and traditions, music, dance, exhibition and culinary delights from around the world.

Scheduled to take place from October 24th to October 29th in Canada, Toronto this year’s festival will feature talented musicians like Bob Pinodo (Ghana), Santrofie Band (Ghana), Ras McBean ( Guyana), Molina Mohammed( Mexico ), Pierre Noel Steel Band among others.

This event is being organized by the World Junkanoo Festival Foundation, and World Carnival Commission.

The Junkanoo festival originated from Africa, depicting Slaves hiding their faces under a flour paste during it’s celebration.

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The festival is one of the caribbean’s street parades with music, it is often celebrated with colourful costumes to exuberant dance routines, participants spend months preparing for the pageantry of this street parade accompanied by the steady beat of whistles, cowbells, horns, and drums hours after midnight.

The Festival was originally celebrated in the evenings, after the slave owners had gone to bed.

The maiden edition of the famous Junkanoo Festival notable among the Caribbean was launched in Accra in 2022 to put a spotlight on the country’s culture and heritage.