John Canoe / Johann Kuny

John Canoe / Johann Kuny
(Abbildung von Hans W. Schmidt in
“Johann Kuny, der erste brandenburg-preußische Negerfürst”, ca. 1910)

John Canoe (Wikipedia, English)

Johann Kuny/Jan Conny (Wikipedia, Deutsch)

Junkanoo Parade (Wikipedia, engl.)

The  Habinahan Wanaragua Jankunu Festival (also known as the John Canoe) is one of those undiscovered secrets of Belize that is at once spectacular,  colorful and so embodying of local culture that it makes one feel it should be reserved only for locals.

aus: ROTER ADLER AUF WEISSEM FELD, Roman v. J.G. Lettenmair, 1942