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J'ouvert (/dʒuːˈveɪ/ joo-VAY) or Jour ouvert is a traditional festival known as "break day" or the unofficial start of Carnival, which takes place on the Monday before Ash Wednesday. The festival, with origins in Trinidad, traditionally begins at 2 a.m. and continues until mid-morning on Monday. J'Ouvert revellers cover their bodies in coloured paints, mud, pitch oil, dress as blue or red devils to dance the streets as an expression of liberation from the constraints of the past and in celebration of the ancestors who have gone before them. Other neighbouring islands (primarily in the Lesser Antilles), and in areas where Caribbean people have immigrated, celebrate J'ouvert before the official start of Carnival Mas, where the more elaborate costumes are on display and danced through the cit

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  • J’ouvert (de)
  • J'ouvert (en)
  • ジュヴェ (ja)
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  • J'ouvert (dʒuveɪ) werden große Straßenfeste genannt, die jährlich als Teil des Carnival auf zahlreichen karibischen Inseln (hauptsächlich den Kleinen Antillen) abgehalten werden. J'ouvert ist eine Ableitung des antillen-kreolischen Begriffs jou ouvè, der wiederum aus dem französischen Begriff jour ouvert (wörtlich „offener Tag,“ im übertragenen Sinne „Tagesanbruch“) abgeleitet ist, da das Fest gewöhnlich zu dieser Zeit beginnt. (de)
  • ジュヴェ (英語: J'ouvert) は、カリブ海地域のおもに小アンティル諸島諸国、特にトリニダード・トバゴで、カーニバルとして路上で行われる祭りである。 (ja)
  • J'ouvert (/dʒuːˈveɪ/ joo-VAY) or Jour ouvert is a traditional festival known as "break day" or the unofficial start of Carnival, which takes place on the Monday before Ash Wednesday. The festival, with origins in Trinidad, traditionally begins at 2 a.m. and continues until mid-morning on Monday. J'Ouvert revellers cover their bodies in coloured paints, mud, pitch oil, dress as blue or red devils to dance the streets as an expression of liberation from the constraints of the past and in celebration of the ancestors who have gone before them. Other neighbouring islands (primarily in the Lesser Antilles), and in areas where Caribbean people have immigrated, celebrate J'ouvert before the official start of Carnival Mas, where the more elaborate costumes are on display and danced through the cit (en)
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  • J'ouvert (en)
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