jab molasie

A form of jab molassie — A traditional character in the Trinidad and Tobago Carnival dressed as a devil, mostly naked and covered in molasses or grease and a colourful dye.

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Meanings

nounjab molasie (plural jab molasie)
  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of jab molassie.

    Images of devils, jab molasie, moko jumbies and bats are the figures that inhabit the Caribbean night. These dark fantasies are allowed free reign to bring into being darker, secret fears. The Carnival allows the opportunity for all these aspects of life to be given visual form.

    1994, Mary L. Gill, Presence, Identity and Meaning in the Trinidad Carnival: An Ethnography of Schooling and Festival (unpublished Ph.D. dissertation), Madison, Wis.: University of Wisconsin–Madison, →OCLC, page 104
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