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Folkloring Jamaica

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Sharing Jamaica’s culture, folklore, and supernatural side. ┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈ ❝ 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐞 ❞ ┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈ 🇯🇲 to de bone wannabe folklorist she/her 📝 offline on weekends

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Folkloring Jamaica @folkloringjamaica.blacksky.app · 3d

Wha gwaan, everyone?

I’m thrilled to be here and look forward to making new connections, especially if you’re from the Caribbean.

This page is my passion project for exploring Jamaica’s rich cultural heritage and history.

Let’s see where this journey will take us!

#Jamaica
#Caribbean

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Folkloring Jamaica @folkloringjamaica.blacksky.app · 21h

It’s common to see Jamaican houses surrounded by a variety of fruit trees, most of which have a positive effect. The exception is pawpaw, which is said to take the strength of those who live in the house.

#Folklore
#Jamaica
#CaribbeanFolkloreMonth

My hand holding a white plastic container filled to the brim with red Acerola cherries from the tree in the backyard garden of my family’s home. The lower portion of the cherry tree is visible in the background.

Folkloring Jamaica @folkloringjamaica.blacksky.app · 1d

Love to see it! Big up him finga tuh!

Folkloring Jamaica @folkloringjamaica.blacksky.app · 1d

Have you heard a rooster crowing at night? I’ve lost count.

Old-time Jamaicans said that when a rooster crows at night, it means that he’s keeping duppies at bay.

#Folklore
#Jamaica
#CaribbeanFolkloreMonth

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Folkloring Jamaica @folkloringjamaica.blacksky.app · 2d

For #CaribbeanFolkloreMonth and Black Speculative Fiction Month, I highly recommend the anthology Whispers from the Cotton Tree Root, edited by Nalo Hopkinson, one of my fave Jamaican authors. If you love folklore, fantasy, and Caribbean stories, treat your shelf!

#Books
#CaribbeanLiterature

Flat lay of Whispers from the Cotton Tree Root, a Caribbean fabulist fiction anthology, between two leafy vines on a brown, wooden surface. The front of the book jacket features a lush forest setting with a Black mermaid sitting on a rock by a river.

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Folkloring Jamaica @folkloringjamaica.blacksky.app · 2d

Happy to come across this reference, especially since it’s Caribbean Folklore Month. Bookmarked!

Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 3d

In "Bêtes Noires," Lauren Derby explores storytelling traditions among the people of Haiti and the Dominican Republic, focusing on shape-shifting spirit demons called baka/bacá. Read the introduction now for free: buff.ly/FMxVGtA

Cover of Bêtes Noires: Sorcery as History in the Haitian-Dominican Borderlands by Lauren Derby. A photograph of a crouching individual holding rope and wearing a covering with horns that hides their face in an empty room. Below the photograph the cover is black with a grey texture. The title appears on top of the photo and texture in a bold white sans-serif type. The subtitle is directly below aligned right in red. The author's name is above to the left of the title in a serif white type.

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Folkloring Jamaica @folkloringjamaica.blacksky.app · 2d

Bless up. 😊

Folkloring Jamaica @folkloringjamaica.blacksky.app · 3d

Thanks so much! I’m excited about learning from you too.

Folkloring Jamaica @folkloringjamaica.blacksky.app · 3d

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