they define morning
these birds
each
with its peculiar song
✿
their joyful songs
baptist bells ring out -
nineteen ninety six
© gillena cox 2016
The shouter baptists, who professed their religious codes at street corners, were ridiculed scorned and harassed, until 1951 when the law stated it was Okay for them to freely practice their religious rites and much later, in 1996, Spiritual Shouter Baptist Liberation Day was declared a public holiday here
Today is Spiritual Shouter Baptist Day
in Trinidad and Tobago
Happy Holiday from Lunch Break
Revisit
Happy Holiday 2009
Happy Holiday 2011
Happy Holiday 2014
Susan, prompting today, informs us: Because this is a Leap Year, March 30th is the 90th day of the year
Midweek Motif ~ Ninety / The Nineties
20 comments:
Bells of liberation sure do diversify voices. Lovely!
Profound write :)
Lots of love,
Sanaa
Thanks for dropping in Susan
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Well that is some interesting information I had not heard before. Thanks, Gillena. Made me smile.
Thanks for the joyous music. Interesting about this holiday. Teaches me something about religious freedom. Hope you have a lovely day.
Glad you dropped by Sherry
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Thanks Myrna
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Well that was a joyful start to my morning Gillena.
Glad you dropped in Robin
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each with their peculiar song... indeed they do define morning!
Love the touch of history here...liberating indeed....
A fine remembrance - and for me a lesson in something new - thank you!
Happy you dropped in Thotpurge
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Thanks for your appreciation Sumana
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Thank you for your appreciation Jae
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Happy you dropped in Sanaa
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Insightful and beautiful Gillena! :-)
Thank you Carrie
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It is important for people to live in a society where they can practice whatever their spiritual beliefs dictate as long as they are not harmful to other people. It is mind-boggling to think that some may be persecuted not only if they are not harming anyone, but in many cases they are persecuted even if they are helping others...
A nice tribute, Gillena.
Thank you for your appreciation Nicholas
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