The first day of Junkanoo street parade, the second day is on the New Year's Day
The first day of Junkanoo street parade, the second day is on the New Year's Day is held on December 26. The Bahamas. This event in the third decade of the month December is annual. 
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Junkanoo is celebrated across the English-speaking Caribbean in the form of parades full of music, dance, and costumes. The parades are most prominent in the Bahamas.
Junkanoo, named after the West African John Canoe Festival, originated in the Bahamas around the 17th century as a masquerade. Slaves with their faces hidden under a flour paste, celebrated on Boxing Day and the day after Christmas. Later, flour paste was replaced by wire masks held on a stick. It is a Bahamian cultural celebration that includes dance, music, spirituality, and a celebration of freedom. In its purest form, it was how the slaves expressed jubilation from the their lives of captivity.
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