Some Thoughts on Hallowe’en, and a Jamaican Duppy Story

Tonight is Hallowe’en. It’s a celebration of all things gloomy, dark and deliciously disturbing. We humans have always had a fascination for the supernatural, and there is nothing strange about that. And indeed it’s another grey, glowering evening in Kingston, after yet another day of heavy rain. Elsewhere in the world, it’s the time of … More Some Thoughts on Hallowe’en, and a Jamaican Duppy Story

Hallowed

Now that Hallowe’en is over, the Petchary would like to speak up on behalf of an ancient tradition that is often much maligned on this island of Jamaica.  Primarily by Christians – and I say this with emphasis, as they do themselves, possibly to emphasize their sense of superiority to the rest of us heathens.  There … More Hallowed