Pitchy Patchy
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title:
Pitchy Patchy
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Pitchy Patchy is a costume character in Jamaican Jankunu festival figure. Other characters include: King and Queen, Cow Head, Horse Head, red Indians and Belly Woman. One of the original figures of Jamaican Jankunu character, Pitchy Patchy is usually represented by a suit made of tattered, colorful pieces of cloth. Pitchy Patchy's role in the carnival is to keep masqueraders and the surrounding crowd in order by cracking a cattle whip. According to Edward Long, the character originated from Akan
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description:
Figure from Jamaican carnival
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitchy_Patchy
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2024-03-11T06:54:18Z
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