Editing J'ouvert (section)

{{Short description|Pre-Carnival festivities}}
{{about|the Caribbean festivity|the EP|J'ouvert (EP)|the song|J'ouvert (song)}}
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{{Infobox holiday
|type          = secular
|holiday_name  = J'ouvert
|date          = Varies among Caribbean islands
|longtype      = National
|duration      = 1 day
|frequency     = Annual
|celebrations  = [[Parade]]s
}}
'''J'ouvert''' ({{IPAc-en|dʒ|uː|ˈ|v|eɪ}} {{respell|joo|VAY}}) (also '''Jour ouvert''', '''Jouvay''', or '''Jouvé''')<ref>{{Cite book |last=Winer |first=Lise |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_n82hsbDJBMC&q=j'ouvert |title=Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago: On Historical Principles |date=2009-01-16 |publisher=McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP |isbn=978-0-7735-7607-0 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Riggio |first=Milla Cozart |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YAmCAgAAQBAJ&dq=jouvert+jouvay&pg=PA288 |title=Carnival: Culture in Action – The Trinidad Experience |date=2004-10-14 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-134-48780-6 |language=en}}</ref> is a traditional [[Carnival]] celebration in many countries throughout the Caribbean. The [[parade]] is believed to have its foundation in [[Trinidad & Tobago]], with roots steeped in French Afro-Creole traditions such as [[Canboulay]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=22 June 2021 |title=A J'Ouvert bacchanal |url=https://newsday.co.tt/2021/06/22/a-jouvert-bacchanal/ |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=Trinidad and Tobago Newsday |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Cowley |first=John |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rHFOemkETacC&dq=trinidad+j'ouvert+Canboulay&pg=PA229 |title=Carnival, Canboulay and Calypso: Traditions in the Making |date=1998 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-65389-3 |language=en}}</ref> J'ouvert typically begins in the early morning, before [[dawn]], and peaks by mid-morning.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=McTighe |first=Elena |date=2011-11-01 |title=Carnival Caribbean style |url=https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=AONE&sw=w&issn=00308277&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CA273195202&sid=googleScholar&linkaccess=abs |journal=PSA Journal |language=English |volume=77 |issue=11 |pages=30–34}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Wheaton |first=Vicki |date=2019-04-25 |title=Jump up for J'Ouvert! Night parade of mud, paint and merriment returns |url=https://www.caymancompass.com/2019/04/25/jump-up-for-jouvert-night-parade-of-mud-paint-and-merriment-returns/ |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=Cayman Compass |language=en-GB}}</ref> The celebration involves [[Calypso music|calypso]] or [[Soca music|soca]] bands, [[Disc jockey|DJs]], and their followers dancing through the streets. In many countries, revelers cover their bodies in paint, mud, or [[pitch oil]].<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Green |first1=Garth L. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dGSnsW6rA6EC&q=j%27ouvert+paint+oil&pg=PA48 |title=Trinidad Carnival: The Cultural Politics of a Transnational Festival |last2=Scher |first2=Philip W. |date=2007-03-28 |publisher=Indiana University Press |isbn=978-0-253-11672-7 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Mason |first=Peter |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e13fDWVHxZwC&dq=j'ouvert+costumes&pg=PA91 |title=Bacchanal!: The Carnival Culture of Trinidad |date=1998 |publisher=Temple University Press |isbn=978-1-56639-663-9 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> Today J'ouvert is also a part of Carnival celebrations outside of the Caribbean, with the biggest celebrations happening in cities with large Caribbean [[ex-pat]] communities.<ref>{{cite web |title=J'Ouvert Parade |url=https://www1.nyc.gov/nyc-resources/jouvert.page |access-date=1 September 2019 |website=NYC.gov}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=28 August 2016 |title=In pictures: Fifty years of the Notting Hill Carnival |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-37024463 |access-date=1 September 2019 |publisher=BBC News}}</ref>