A nation's 'heartbeat'

Fri, Dec 13th 2019, 08:38 AM

You may know many people named Jeff, it may even be your government name, but there’s one place apparently you don’t want to be known as Jeff – and that’s in the Junkanoo shack. Your name might be Peter, it might be Paul, but if you didn’t get your costume completed on time to make Bay Street, you’re known as Jeff, because Jeffrey, whether you’re male of female, is the person who can’t complete his or her costume. This is just one of many lessons learnt from “Shack Tales” on shack etiquette in the Kalik beer and “Who are We!” Junkanoo documentary which premiered on the big screen last week Friday. “And listen to me,” shares one female Junkanooer, “you know what it is to work on a costume from January to December, and not make it to Bay,” she says in disbelief in the 47-minute documentary. “Ya name could be whatever it might be – might be Peter, might be Paul, but on that day, you are Jeff,” said a male Junkanooer. (As he says this you can practically visualize him shrugging his shoulders even if you couldn’t see him.)

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