Ask anyone from Grenada and they’ll tell you straight “we play mas but we don’t play – we play jab!” You may have gone to parties on other islands, but you haven’t fete until you’ve headed to Jab Jab ...
A man plays Jab in the town of Paraclete in Grenada. (Natasha S. Alford/TheGrio) Grio Green Book: “Playing Jab” at J’ouvert in Grenada is unlike any other carnival celebration. TheGrio got a front row ...
I arrived at the Carenage — Grenada’s historic waterfront in the capital city — around 4:30 a.m. on J’ouvert morning, ready to “play Jab.” The streets were still cloaked in darkness, but the energy ...
In this essay, entertainment news editor Kaitlyn McNab recounts her transformative experience playing mas for the first time as a participant in Grenada’s Spicemas, the island’s annual Carnival ...
It’s a sight that will stop you dead in your tracks. Brown bodies covered in black oil from head to toe. Shining like onyx stones in the sun. Helmets adorned with horns curved upward, sometimes ...
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The revolutionary meaning of Grenada’s ‘Jab Jab’ and why more Black Americans should travel to Spicemas
Grio Green Book: “Playing Jab” at J’ouvert in Grenada is unlike any other carnival celebration. TheGrio got a front row seat to Spicemas and the Caribbean island to see heritage, Black pride, and ...
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