BROOKLYN (WABC) -- The period was the 17th Century - 21 years after the first enslaved Africans were brought to North America. The celebration of Pinkster began in 1640. "When Dutch went to church to ...
ALBANY -- The Pinkster King is officially free to reign again. Two centuries after the Common Council banned the Carnival-like celebration of Pinkster -- which was growing increasingly popular in ...
NEW YORK – Cheyney McKnight waited years to celebrate Pinkster. On a scorching Saturday morning in May, McKnight put on her tailor-made 18th-century Malian mud cloth dress and trekked 7 miles with a ...
Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. RANSART & Cultural Services (TRANSART) has announced its second annual Pinkster ...
KINGSTON, N.Y. — TRANSART’s Pinkster 2025: Joy is an Act of Resistance Festival will take place in Uptown on Sunday, June 8, from noon to 5 p.m. The Afro-Dutch tradition born in the Hudson Valley ...
RENSSELAER, N.Y. >> The Crailo State Historic Site in Rensselaer was filled with guests Saturday during a Pinkster Festival. Once a Dutch holiday commemorating Pentecost, Pinkster became a distinctly ...
Photos: Pinkster festival in Kingston, N.Y., on Sunday, June 8, 2025. An African dancing and drumming performance during Pinkster festivities outside Old Dutch Church in Kingston, N.Y, on Sunday, June ...
Each spring in 18th-century New York, Dutch colonists and their African slaves discarded their roles for a few days to observe a cross-cultural holiday. Next Sunday, visitors to Philipsburg Manor can ...
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