Wander into the British Museum’s Great Court these days, and you’ll encounter two large, black and gold Moko Jumbie sculptures guarding the staircases on either side. Zak Ové’s Moko Jumbie displayed ...

NEW YORK -- Moko Jumbie is a style of traditional African dance where performers dance on stilts high above the ground. The practice almost went extinct after being brought to the Caribbean, until it ...

Carnival isn’t just home to revellers, the Jamaica Observer spotted some towering figures at road march 2025 and snagged a quick Q and A with Simone Harris, founder of Walking Tall Jamaica. Simone ...

ST.CROIX, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS–Five-year-old Willard John didn’t see his destiny when he stared up at the moko jumbie stilt dancer towering over him ... he was just plain scared. “When you’re that ...