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DEBBIE JACOB ON THURSDAY (March30), we celebrate one of our most important holidays, Spiritual Baptist Liberation Day. This marks the long, noble journey of the Spiritual Baptists from having their religion outlawed by the British under the Shouter Prohibition Ordinance of 1917 to the repeal of that law on March 30, 1951. In their tumultuous
TOBAGO’S Spiritual/Shouter Baptists are preparing for the Liberation Day observance on March 30...declared a national holiday in 1996...
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Celebrated on 30 March, Spiritual (Shouter) Baptist Liberation Day commemorates the abolition of the colonial-era British-instituted Shouters Prohibition Ordinance. In 1917, the Ordinance was enacted and for 34 years this syncretic religion (a mix of Christian and African Orisha elements) was banned, ostensibly, for no greater reason than the loud sounds of their singing and clapping — and the perceived "threat" to colonial law and order. Though the law was repealed in 1951, there was no holiday recognition until 1996
Prime Minister's Message to the Nation on the Occasion of Spiritual Shouter Baptist Liberation Day 2021 I am sending greetings to the Spiritual/Shouter Baptist community on the commemoration of Spiritual/Shouter Baptist Liberation Day, from the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, my family and myself. It is indeed a glorious day as members of the Spiritual/Shouter Baptist community reflect in their homes and in small groups, as they celebrate what is a culture of resourcefulness. As an indigenous religion which comprises a mixture of African and Christian traditions, the faith ...