Meaning of jab molassi | Babel Free

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Alternative spelling of jab molassie.

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“A second masquerade character used in the play⟳ was the Jab Molassi, or molasses devil. At carnival he is the leaping, prancing masker, his body daubed with black or blue paint⟳, sometimes with molasses, who threatens to besmear spectators unless they pay⟳ him off.”

“From these hills at carnival time the traditional mummers descended into the city – Moko Jumbies on stilts, Warrahouns speaking Amerindian tongues, Pierrot Grenade in rags, Jab Jabs with whips, Jab-Molassi painted blue – moving to the beat⟳ of African drums or tambour-bamboo.”

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