Women in The Valley

While women have always been part of Junkanoo, it wasn’t until the sixties that women participated in Junkanoo parades.

From its start, the Valley Boys benefitted from the strong support and participation of women. However, for the next couple decades Junkanoo was largely dominated by men.

In the mid-eighties the Valley Boys introduced the “showtime” concept, which resulted in an increase in the number of women actively participating in the Junkanoo parades.