Editing J'ouvert (section)

=== Other origins ===
The pre-dawn tradition of J'ouvert may have roots in Caribbean folklore. For instance, there is a local Trinidadian legend about a [[soucouyant]], who sheds her skin at night and consumes the blood of her victims.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ahye |first=Molly |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WNnfAAAAMAAJ |title=Golden Heritage: The Dance in Trinidad and Tobago |date=1978 |publisher=Heritage Cultures Limited |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":14">{{Cite book |last=Hill |first=Errol |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pFINAAAAYAAJ |title=The Trinidad Carnival: Mandate for a National Theatre |date=1972 |publisher=University of Texas Press |isbn=978-0-292-78000-2 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":03">{{Cite journal |last=Alleyne-Dettmers |first=Patricia Tamara |date=1995 |title=Political Dramas in the Jour Ouvert Parade in Trinidad Carnaval |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25613310 |journal=Caribbean Studies |volume=28 |issue=2 |pages=326–338 |jstor=25613310 |issn=0008-6533}}</ref> She must reenter her skin before dawn, but is unable to do so if someone sprinkles salt on her skin.<ref name=":14" /> According to legend, she will cry out "''Jouvay, jou paka ouvay''?" ("Daybreak, are you coming?) as dawn approaches.<ref name=":14" /><ref name=":03" />