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Carnival / Grenada

Before Sunrise: Jab Jab, Memory, and Grenada's Spicemas

Blackened in oil, horned, chained, laughing at the crowd — Grenada's J'ouvert devil mas is one of the oldest pieces of political theatre in the hemisphere.

2026-05-14 / 5 min read

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