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John Canoe W. Indies (and † U.S.).|dʒɒn kəˈnuː|
Also (with various local pronunciations) John Connú, Johnkannau, joncanoe, jonkanoo, etc.
[f. a W. African lang.]
a. The chief dancer, or one of several dancers, in a Christmas celebration.
b. Any of various masks or structures worn or carried on the head by the dancer at Christmas time.
c. The celebration itself.
See also Cassidy and Le Page Dict. Jamaican Eng. s.v.
1774E. Long Hist. Jamaica II. iii. iii. 424 The masquerader..dances at every door, bellowing out John Connú! 1816M. G. Lewis Jrnl. W. India Proprietor (1834) 51 The John-Canoe is a Merry-Andrew..bearing upon his head a kind of pasteboard house-boat. 1825R. Bickell W. Indies as they Are 214 The crowds of Slaves..making John Canoe, as they term it, according to the customs of Africa. 1826A. Barclay Pract. View Slavery W. Indies 11 One or two Joncanoe-men, smart youths, fantastically dressed. 1826C. R. Williams Tour through Jamaica 25 This [model of a] house is called the Jonkanoo. 1844W. Bagley Let. 18 Dec. in N. E. Eliason Tarheel Talk (1956) 279 On Christmas day..four young fellows blacked themselves & dressed up in negro clothes..& the fiddler would play & the rest dance. They acted the part of ‘John Cunners’ very well. 1861H. Jacobs Incidents Life Slave Girl 179 Every child rises early on Christmas morning to see the Johnkannaus. 1929M. Beckwith Black Roadways ix. 155 The instruments which I saw used in the John Canoe performance [were] identical with those accompanying the myal dance. 1952M. Kerr Personality & Conflict in Jamaica 144 These dances..are usually called the John Canoe Dance. 1961F. G. Cassidy Jamaica Talk xii. 256 The John Canoe dancing, recently revived, has had a complex history, and the meaning of the name is uncertain. 1962S. Wynter Hills of Hebron ii. 36 The mask on the face of a ‘junkonoo’ dancer, striped black and white with slits for eyes and huge white teeth. 1966Punch 5 Jan. 27/2 The wild revelry of the Junkanoo Parade. 1972E. Hargreaves Fair Green Weed xii. 172 John Kanoos... They're rather like old-fashioned mummers, they go round at Christmas time. |