July 4 on St. John in the US Virgin Islands, is Carnival Parade Day! I was down there for my class reunion and we were all watching the parade when the Mocko Jumbies appeared! 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! Have you ever been underneath a dancing Mocko Jumbie?! It’s a sublime experience! Margaret Hurst
View post →Drawing in motion, Mocko Jumbie style! 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. 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. Mocko Jumbies are stilt walkers who originated in Africa and came over to the Caribbean with the African people. They are considered to be reaching a spiritual space through elevation. Because of their great height they could see evil […]
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