Pinkster (Festival)

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Name (Hebrew)

פינקסטר (פסטיבל)

Name (Latin)

Pinkster (Festival)

Name (Arabic)

عيد بينكستر

Wikidata: Q7196221

Library of congress: sh2016002128

Sources of Information

Work cat: 2016019248: Dewulf, J. The Pinkster King and the King of Kongo, 2017.
National Park Service www homepage, September 14, 2016(Originally a Dutch festival, Pinkster is a celebration of the coming of spring and a time of rest to be enjoyed among friends and family. To the Dutch, Pinkster originated as a religious holiday derived from the Christian feast of Pentecost as well as an observation of the change in seasons and spring renewal. Dutch colonists brought this celebration to settlements in the New York area during the 17th century; however, this holiday evolved over the subsequent decades into a primarily African American holiday infused with the African Bantu culture of Congo and Angola. The holiday became a chance for Northern enslaved and freed families to reunite and experience a brief sense of independence as well as share and pass on important African traditions, especially to those born in North America...It was not until the 1970's that efforts were made to revive this tradition, such as at the Phillipsburg Manor House in Sleepy Hollow, New York where an annual recreation is observed. Today, Pinkster is recognized as the oldest African American holiday of the original Thirteen Colonies that became the United States of America.)

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