Maypole of the Nicaragua Caribbean Coast (2007)

Summary

The present document on the MayPole celebration is the product of an investigation carried out by Johnny Hodgson Deerings based on consultation in books and historical documents of the first churches established on the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua and especially based on interviews or writings of Caribbean scholars, mainly from Bluefields, on this subject such as Donovan Brautigam Beer, Lizzie Nelson, Hugo Sujo Wilson and others.

1. INTRODUCTION AND CONTEXT

2. ORIGIN OF THE MAYPOLE

3. THE MAYPOLE OF THE NICARAGUA CARIBBEAN COAST

4. INSTRUMENTS AND MUSIC OF THE MAYPOLE CELEBRATION

5. THE MAYPOLE TREE AND DANCERS

6. DISCUSSIONS ABOUT DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF THE MAYPOLE

7. CURRENT STATUS OF THE MAYPOLE (1985)

8. A BRIEF HISTORICAL REVIEW OF THE RIBBON DANCE

Author: Johnny Hodgson
Date of publication: May 2007
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