If you’ve ever been to the circus or a parade, or carnival here in Trinidad and Tobago, you have without a doubt seen someone walking along high above the crowd on a pair of stilts.
In Trinidad and Tobago we call them Moko Jumbies.
A moko jumbie is a stilts walker or dancer. "Moko" means healer in Central Africa and "jumbi", a West Indian term for a ghost or spirit that may have been derived from the Kongo language word zumbi. The Moko Jumbies are thought to originate from West African tradition brought to the Caribbean.
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