Moko jumbies, elegant, ethereal stilt walkers drawn from West African traditions, are said to straddle the divide between heaven and earth because of their towering height. These captivating ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Shynel Brizan remembers her first Kings and Queens of Carnival competition like it was yesterday. It was 2012. She was 19 years old and still relatively new to the moko ...

There’s a new generation of Brooklyn kids learning to become Moko Jumbies - stilt dancers that you see at celebrations all across the Caribbean. Jason Edwards, an immigrant from Trinidad and Tobago, ...

new video loaded: Dancing In the Air With 9-Foot Stilts transcript In Trinidad, a group called “Touch D Sky” dances on stilts almost everyday to practice the art of Moko Jumbie. Moko Jumbie came from ...

NEW YORK-- West Indian American Day Carnival events return live to Brooklyn starting this weekend, and you won't want to miss one group of young people who bring new meaning to the phrase "holding ...

Though they’re young in age, when you see 12-year-old Tanjia George and her 5-year-old sister Micah, they’re grand in size. The two recently performed as stilt-walking Moko Jumbies at the St. Croix ...

The great poet and novelist Wilson Harris died exactly one year ago. Or did he? Like one of his characters, Harris has come back. He has returned in the form of a band of moko jumbies — a motley crew ...