July 4 on St. John in the US Virgin Islands, is Carnival Parade Day! Â I was down there for my class reunion and we were all watching the parade when the Mocko Jumbies appeared! Â I felt like I was back in grade school watching the St. Thomas Carnival Parade under the arches across from the […]
View post →Pink Mr. Mocko Jumbie makin’ his move! Margaret Hurst
View post →This Mocko Jumbie looks like a spider! Â Have you ever been underneath a dancing Mocko Jumbie?! Â It’s a sublime experience! Margaret Hurst
View post →Drawing in motion, Mocko Jumbie style! Â Drawn at one of the St. Thomas Carnival Parades. Margaret Hurst
View post →Nine Mocko Jumbies Dancing, Eight Limbo Dancers, Seven Swans a Swimming, Six Saguaro Cacti, Five Peace Roses, Four Angel Drawings, Three Happy Dancing Doves, Two Japanese Dancers and A Partridge In A Pear Tree. Â Margaret Thank you everyone for giving to our studio 1482 fundraiser for Haiti!
View post →“Spiritual Space” This is a drawing I made in St. Thomas, USVI, of three Mocko Jumbies. Â Mocko Jumbies are stilt walkers who originated in Africa and came over to the Caribbean with the African people. Â They are considered to be reaching a spiritual space through elevation. Â Because of their great height they could see evil […]
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