The Charles Town Maroons today - Jamaica Observer
The Charles Town Maroons today - Jamaica Observer
Nov 11, 2018
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I’ve been to Maroon Town many times, but this was my first time attending the yearly celebration, and it meant so much to finally experience the traditions in this way. Every year on January 6, Maroon descendants from across Jamaica and other Maroon communities gather in Accompong to commemorate 288 years of freedom and to honor the 1738 Maroon Treaty, signed after decades of resistance. I arrived at the Kindah Tree, where drumming and dancing marked this sacred space of council, unity, and “Kin
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I’ve been to Maroon Town many times, but this was my first time attending the yearly celebration, and it meant so much to finally experience the traditions in this way. Every year on January 6, Maroon descendants from across Jamaica and other Maroon communities gather in Accompong to commemorate 288 years of freedom and to honor the 1738 Maroon Treaty, signed after decades of resistance. I arrived at the Kindah Tree, where drumming and dancing marked this sacred space of council, unity, and “Kin
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288 years of freedom. For generations, the Accompong Maroons have gathered beneath the Kindah Tree, a sacred place of council, ceremony, memory, and resistance. This tradition continues today, even after the hurricane that affected so many lives, homes, and even the Kindah Tree itself. Though the storm left its marks, it did not break the people or the spirit. Accompong remains strong, sovereign, and rooted. The gathering continues. The tradition lives on. | Streets of Jamaica
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288 years of freedom. For generations, the Accompong Maroons have gathered beneath the Kindah Tree, a sacred place of council, ceremony, memory, and resistance. This tradition continues today, even after the hurricane that affected so many lives, homes, and even the Kindah Tree itself. Though the storm left its marks, it did not break the people or the spirit. Accompong remains strong, sovereign, and rooted. The gathering continues. The tradition lives on. | Streets of Jamaica
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