junkanoo (or jonkonnu) is a street parade with music, dance, and costumes of mixed african origin in many islands across the english speaking caribbean every boxing day (26 december) and new year's day (1 january), the same as "kakamotobi" or the fancy dress festival of ghana. there are also junkanoo parades in miami in june and key west in october, where local black populations have their roots in the caribbean. in addition to being a culture dance for the garifuna people, this type of dancing is also performed in the bahamas on independence day and other historical holidays.