The island nation especially associated with a New Year's Eve Junkanoo parade in Nassau is The Bahamas.
Junkanoo is a Bahamian street festival featuring elaborate costumes, dance, drums, whistles, and large organized groups called bands. The principal parade in Nassau begins in the early hours of December 26 and again on January 1, making it a major part of the Christmas and New Year holiday season. New Year’s Day is often the larger of the two parades.
The festival’s exact origins are debated, but it is widely connected with West African cultural traditions and with the history of enslaved Africans in the Bahamas. The name is sometimes linked to an Akan figure called John Canoe, though historians discuss several possible explanations. Junkanoo is distinct from Carnival, despite similarities in costumes and procession.