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A Day and Night at the Festival
Images shown are from recent festival editions and illustrate the spirit and experience of the Janjanbureh Kankurang Festival.
The Afternoon Parade
A moving celebration through the streets
where masquerades,troops,drumming and community meet
The Festival Grounds
Colour, craft, food, music and conversation from morning to night
Powerful appearances that blend ritual , theatre and spectacle
Masquerades and More in Performance
When the drums take over and pull you in
Close Encounters and Dance
All Images on this page by kind permission of ITC
Explore the Festival
Colourful images capturing the Festival over different days and evenings
Discover how the Festival returned to Janjanbureh in 2018.
Explore the varied masquerades, their distinctive heritage and the traditions and regionsfrom which they come.
Why the Festival matters to Janjanbrueh, its people and its future
A regular visitor to The Gambia visits Janjanbureh and the Festival
for the first time
This link opens a story in our Stories & Voices collection.
Use the links at the top of the story to continue exploring.
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