🇯🇲🎭 Jamaican Death Traditions – From Nine Night to Duppy Warnings In Jamaica, rituals around death reflect a blend of African heritage and local belief. Rooms are rearranged, mattresses flipped, and floors swept to keep the spirit — or “duppy” — from staying behind. Widows often wear red undergarments or strings for spiritual protection. Before digging a grave, white rum is poured as an offering to the earth spirits. Central to these customs is “Nine Night,” a wake rooted in the African belie