Junkanoo

With the central theme of love, Harbour Island All Age School exuded confidence, beauty and energy, along with sweet sounds of Bahamas Junkanoo. Junior Junkanoo made quite a splash as it hit the main thoroughfare in Governor’s Harbour, Eleuthera during the first weekend in March, on Saturday the 2nd, with primary, junior high, all age and senior...

Bahamas National Junkanoo Committee members and Ministry of Youth, Sport & Culture representatives, stand with DCL Regional Public Affairs Director, Joey Gaskins (center), along with local Eleuthera officials. Joey Gaskins, Regional Public Affairs Director with Disney Cruise Line (DCL), on Friday, November 17th, 2023, during a press conference held...

Harbour Island All Stars junkanoo group’s choreographed dancers arrayed in beautiful smiles. Junkanoo roared back to life in Eleuthera during the 2022 holiday season, beginning with the annual Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture’s Christmas Day turned-Boxing Day Senior Junkanoo parade competition, hosted along the center of the main thoroughfare...

Colorful dancer with Rock Sound’s New Vision group performs energetically during the 2019 Eleuthera Junkanoo Festival hosted in Governor’s Harbour, Central Eleuthera on January 12th, 2019. (Eleuthera, The Bahamas)  The penultimate Junkanoo event of the season, and the fourth since the splendour of Junkanoo action began on island during...

NASSAU, The Bahamas — Tarpum Bay Primary School rushed its way to a repeat winning performance in the Primary School Division in the 2019 Junior Junkanoo Parade held on Bay Street, Thursday, January 31, 2019.  L.W. Young won the Junior High School Division and the Government High School brought the Senior High School Division crown back to...

Some of the youngest Tarpum Bay Primary School students lead their school’s group during the recent 2017 Junior Junkanoo Parade. The school, which hails from the island of Eleuthera, won the Primary School Division. The Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture – in conjunction with the National Junkanoo Committee and title sponsor Sol Petroleum...