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This headpiece, which takes up almost the entire breadth of the street, is typical of the Junkanoo
costume worn by revellers at the Yuletide Junkanoo parades in the Bahamas. The costumes are
made with colourful crepe papers. They are hand made and take months to complete.
Junkanoo Festival in Nassau:*;
Boxing Day treat fiff'visirork"
of sound and spectacle combin-
ing a bit of Mardi Gras, Mum-
mer's Parade and ancient Afri-
can tribal rituals.
The celebration gets under-
way at about 3 a.m., starting
"over the hill" in Nassau's
native quarter.
The cowbell, goat skin drum
and trumpet are key instru-
ments, backed by the clicking
and clacking of lignum vitae
sticks, the staccato rattle of
pebble-filled "shak-shaks" and
the kylophonic tinkle of steel
drums. blending into the Afro-
Bahamian beat known as
"Goombay".
But the real story on Junka-
noo is the costumes. Partici-
pants in the masquerade plan
their attire months in advance
and execute the costumes care-
fully and with great secrecy.
One legend has it that the
festival was originated by a
West African tribal chief
named John Canoe. Another is
that the term came from the
French "gens inconnus"—un-
known people—because of the
masks worn by...dancers which
hid their identities,
Nowadays no one seems to
worry about the name or ori-
gin of the custom.
The people of Nassau are,
instead, already preparing for
the gaiety and the excitement
of Nassau Junkanoo Festival.
.Symbols
of the
holiday
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various
as joy and
peaee,. All
mean the
spirit of
Christmas,
Hearty
thanks!
Wo w lik you/ a Mexty anitit4cad.
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LAND USE MAP EVOLVED FROM WORKSHOP DISCUSSION
This Is a very tentative land use plan for Goderich Township. It was drawn up by the' Huron
County planners previous to the fjnal planning workshop held last Thursday. It encompasses
the views expressed by Goderich township residents at the first five planning workshops.
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Rural land owners must help,
Land use in the rural areas is as much
or more - of a problem to planners in
Huron County as. land use in urban cen-
tres. Of course it could be strongly
argued that land use' in the rural areas
would be no problem at all if It were not
for urban influences, but It still, remains
that land use in rural areas is one vivid
example' of citizens wanting their cake
and eating it too, says the Goderich
Signal-Star.
At a special meeting of Huron County
Council last Thursday to discuss the
$100,000-plus UDIRA study (Urban
Development in Rural Areas) it was
clearly evident that everyone wants
planning in the rural areas providing it
does not interfere with one's own plans.
Doubtless no one would argue that rural
land should be preserved for agricultural
uses, but to place such limitations on
the bulk of rural land was met with con-
siderable dismay by some rural dwellers
who admitted that rural land sold for ur-
ban-like uses generally brought a much
greater price than strictly farming coun-
try.
It wee incoming Goderich township
Reeve Gerry Ginn who told the meeting
of the value of prime agricultural land.
"They're just, not making it any more,"
Ginn said.
He's dead right. But one wonders at
N A SS A U Bahamas — Visi-
tors who want to see this
resort capital when it really
goes native should be on hand
for the tradition-rich Junkanoo
Festival in the early morning
hours of Boxing Day (Decem-
ber 26) and New Year's Day.
Like Christmas Day, Boxing
Day is a holiday in the Baha-
mas. And the day has nothing
to do with the glove and the
ring as the name might imply.
It's a traditional British holiday
started centuries ago when
English lords "boxed" their
left-over Christmas - goodies
and gave them to servants on
DeCember 26.
Junkan.00 is a kaleidoscope
times if all rural land capable of food
production in all perts of this great
county are being put to full use. There
may well be room for the argument froth
some quarters that if farmers in Huron
county - as well as elsewhere in the
nation - were being paid top dollar for
their produce, theremould be more food
available in a short time than could be
consumed.
During last winter's gas shortages in
the United States, many skeptics were
saying, "There's ,no shortage of
gasoline. Just as soon as the price goes
high enough, there will be all the
gasoline we need,"
Those sentiments may be too simple
to be exactly correct, yet there Is
enough wisdom in them to risk com-
ment. Over and over It is becoming
abundantly clear to the consumer that
the old criteria for price setting no
longer are valid. While yesterday's con-
sumer was important to the producer,
today's consumer must step to the tune
of the producer - or be trampled. Hence
fuel for inflation's fire.
Huron's farmland must be protected,
not only for food production but to retain
Huron's unique character, Huron's far-
mers - those scientists of the soil - must
be as ready to protect that land as
anyone, even if such Idgislation seems
to curtail their dreams to some extent.
4i!
good times,
good cheer at Christmas!
Sincere good wishes for the holidays.
May the season be truly joyous to you.
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Robert & Bonnie Kay
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Elton °rimer
Lawrence Scott
Clarence Roorda
Rosamond Garrett
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