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John canoe - tomboy

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Tomboy John Canoe character during performance.

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John Canoe character

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A man, dressed in costume for the John Canoe festival, balancing on two sticks.

John Canoe dance

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Dancers perform the John Canoe dance.

John Canoe Dance for the Queen

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John Canoe dancers dressed in masks and costumes perform for an audience.

John Canoe Dancer, Jamaica, B.W.I

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John Canoe dancers in Jamaica parading their costumes.

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John Canoe dancers doing their thing

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John Canoe Dancers - some without costumes dancing on a stage. The 'Pitchie Patchie' (second left) dances with a man wearing regular clothes.

John Canoe dancers enacting a sword fight

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John Canoe dancers enacting a sword fight in a park while onlookers stand by the fence.

John Canoe dancers parade through the streets of a rural district

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A group of John Canoe revellers parade through the street of a rural district.

John Canoe Dancers Revelling

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John Canoe dancers accompanied by drummers and a fiddler dance in a rural area.

John Canoe dancers, Jamaica, W.I.

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A troupe of John Canoe dancers including the "Queen" and Pitchy Patchy. John Canoe/Jonkonnu is believed to be derived from the name of a famous African Chief of the Guinea Coast named John Connu and a cultural retention of slave society. In Jamaica,…