Junkanoo bụ emume bidoro n'oge ịgba ohu nke Africa chattel n'obodo Briten America na-achị . A na-eme ya nke ọma na Bahamas, Jamaica na Belize, yana akụkọ ihe mere eme na North Carolina na Miami, ebe enwere nnukwu obodo ndị West India n'oge oge mgbapụta. N'oge ugbu a, e nwere nnukwu ọdịiche dị na arụmọrụ na mkpoputa, ma e nwere ihe ndị na-emekọrịtara ihe nke masquerade (ma ọ bụ ihe nkpuchi), ịgba egwu, ịgba egwú, na ịgba egwú.
N'ọtụtụ mpaghara, a na-eme Junkanoo gburugburu izu ụka Krismas. Emere emume ọdịnala ndị a n'oge ekeresimesi na Jamaica. [1] Na Bahamas, a na-akpọ ya Junkanoo na mbụ ma ekwuru na ọ malitere na 1700s ebe a na-eme ya kwa afọ. Na Belize, ebe a na-ewukwa egwu egwu, nsonaazụ asọmpi na-ekpo ọkụ. [2] Enwekwara ihe ngosi Junkanoo na Miami na June na Key West n'ọnwa Ọktoba, ebe ndị isi ojii nọ n'ime obodo nwere mgbọrọgwụ na Caribbean. [3]