Thanks for the love, Bob. I was wondering if anyone would ask. Here in the US I have heard them referred to as a "Man Yam". The Celebration Ceremony is a mixture of the harvest celebration and a fertility ritual. In the time of the Maroon Wars, they were constantly on the run and unable to cultivate crops so they were hunter-gathers. After the signing of the Peace Treaty in 1738-39, they were able to move from an area called Old Town to the top of the hill where the Kindah "one family" Tree was located and founded Accompong Town named for Cudjoe's brother.
The traditional feast was a fertility rite as their numbers had dwindled from about 600 to around 200 following the war. They had domesticated some boar and would choose a male that had to be black to cook without salt. They also had (what was referred to as) "male" roosters and the "male" yam was a Guinea yam also called the Jamaican Yellow Yam and considered "male" because of it's size and shape.
After the drinking of the rum and spitting it all around to ward off the evil spirits, the gathered crowd would clamor for a piece of each of these food items to ensure fertility. BTW, roasted boar without salt and not completely cooked through and through is nasty!
I am putting together a photo album so I might have a few more pictures to share as I run across them.
Peace and Guidance