Simone Harris: We’re Moko Jumbie stilt walkers, I would say we’re a performance collective, right? We are a group of people with a shared interest in culture. We have touched over 100 lives.

Photo: Catherine Sforza The moko jumbie or stilt walker is a traditional masquerade character often seen throughout the Caribbean during carnival season and beyond. The creativity in their ...

The stilt walkers must cover their faces as they perform, even in practice, as a way to embody the spirit of a Moko Jumbie, and during carnival celebrations, costumed stilt walkers weave their way ...

Before they make two big appearances, CBS2's Dave Carlin met with stilt walkers, or moko jumbies, as they rehearsed in Crown Heights. Seven-year-old Rajon Vessep was among those practicing for a ...

While the origins of the Moko Jumbie are disputed, scholars agree on this: the colorful stilt walker was brought to the Caribbean by Africans who were enslaved. The Moko Jumbie has entertained ...

The traditional stilt walkers came from West African traditions, and made its way throughout the Caribbean islands. Hurricane Milton 'Rapidly Intensifies' into Category 4 Storm as It Approaches ...

Moko jumbies, elegant, ethereal stilt walkers drawn from West African traditions, are said to straddle the divide between heaven and earth because of their towering height. These captivating ...

For “Tall Spirit – Stilt Artistry of Black Immigrants,” the Mocko Jumbie Stilt Dancers (“Moko Jumbie” means good god, good spirit), were commissioned to portray the story of the Moko ...

"Moko Jumbies" are stilt acrobats who parade through ... Bill "Stretch" Coleman is a stilt walker himself and wanted to encourage people of all ages to join in the children's fun on July 27.

It's all about the Moko Jumbies for hundreds of Caribbean ... on the corner of Linden and New York avenues. The traditional stilt walkers came from West African traditions, and made its way ...