Talk:Junkanoo

Substantial copyvio text
The majority of the current version of the article was added in November 2008 by an anonymous contributor. It appears that they were copied from a Bahamian government PDF download on the official bahamas.gov.bs site. I have removed the text that matches the PDF. — Saxifrage ✎ 17:40, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

Origin of term
The supposed Scots origin of the term as meaning "junk enough" sounds dubious. Firstly, what is that supposed to mean? "Enough junk"? "Too much junk"? "Junk enough" seems a pretty odd way to render it. Scots for "enough" is "eneuch" (pronounced en-yuch) and "enoo" meaningless. Mutt Lunker (talk) 22:03, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

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Dear Wikipedia
Dear Wikipedia,

It was not mentioned in your page that the Jankanoo "Junkunu" Dance is also a culture dance for the Garifuna people who currently reside in the countries of; Saint Vincent & the Grenadines, Dominica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Belize and the United States. In the Garifuna language the word Jankanoo means; "Wanaragua". They dance this dance during Christmas. New Years Day, the 6th of January and at their cultural shows. One of the history of this dance was that there was a Slave Trader by the name of John Canoe who visited the coast of West Africa to get slaves and a sending off ceremony was held for him before the people left their country. The mask that is used for this dance is that of the White Man with his blue eyes. Wellington C. Ramos Adjunct Professor of History Garifuna From: Dangriga Town, Belize — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wasany451 (talk • contribs) 14:17, 14 October 2013 (UTC)
 * The John Canoe appears to be a dance as well: "Prince Harry was soon dancing energetically with the local women and working up a sweat with the John Canoe - a Garifuna dance with African influences." -- Jreferee (talk) 04:49, 16 October 2013 (UTC)

Jamaica
Isn't there also a large Junkanoo celebration in Jamaica? Candleabracadabra (talk) 14:47, 17 April 2014 (UTC)

Assessment comment
Substituted at 20:44, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

Merger proposal
Closed (boldly!): There is no rationale given (and none provided subsequently), and doesn't meet our merge criteria. Moonraker12 (talk) 23:57, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

It has been suggested that John Canoe be merged into Junkanoo. Proposed since October 2017.


 * Merge - support merge and redirect from John Canoe. Expand article to include different Junkanoo traditions. MassiveEartha (talk) 23:19, 1 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Merge – support MassiveEartha's proposals. Proscribe (talk) 14:46, 31 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Merge - support MassiveEartha's proposals. Will make both articles more complete.Jacqke (talk) 10:55, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Q: How will blanking and redirecting the John Canoe article make it more complete? Moonraker12 (talk) 21:00, 6 August 2018 (UTC)


 * I would oppose this merge suggestion; there was no rationale given, and no supporting reasons thereafter (only votes) but AFAICT this doesn't meet the criteria we have for a merger anyway.
 * First, there is no duplication: the one is a Caribbean festival, and the other is a semi-legendary figure from Ghanaian history; both are discrete subjects with their own notability.
 * Second, there is no overlap in the Junkanoo article; 'John Canoe' is mentioned just twice, as a possible explanation of the name, and while the John Canoe article has information on the festival (in the Introduction, and in the Creation of... section) that is easily resolved by stripping it out and moving it to the festival article, leaving the John Canoe article to be about the historical figure.
 * Finally, any merge would leave the Junkanoo article 'clunky', with a sizeable chunk of it about a figure who may or may not be related to it, the which would bias the examination of the origins of the festival unduly. IMO. Moonraker12 (talk) 20:52, 6 August 2018 (UTC)

I've taken the liberty of boldly closing this proposal, for the reasons stated (no rationale given (and none provided subsequently), and doesn't meet our merge criteria). OTOH I have split the John Canoe article, and moved some of the festival-related content from there to here. I trust everyone is OK with that. Moonraker12 (talk) 23:57, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

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