Spiritual Baptist Shouter Liberation Day
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| Spiritual Baptist/Shouter Liberation Day | |
|---|---|
| Observed by | Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles... ; Spiritual Baptist Spiritual Baptist The Spiritual Baptists faith is an Afro-Caribbean syncretic religion which combines elements of traditional West African religions with Christianity. The Spiritual Baptist faith originated in St. Vincent.... s |
| Begins | March 30 |
| Occasion | Celebrates the repeal of laws banning the faith |
Spiritual/Shouter Baptist Liberation Day is an annual public holiday celebrated in the Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...
on March 30. The holiday commemorates the repeal on March 30, 1951, of the 1917 Shouter Prohibition Ordinance that prohibited the activities of the Shouter or Spiritual Baptist
Spiritual Baptist
The Spiritual Baptists faith is an Afro-Caribbean syncretic religion which combines elements of traditional West African religions with Christianity. The Spiritual Baptist faith originated in St. Vincent....
faith.
Trinidad and Tobago is the only country in the world that celebrates a public holiday for the Spiritual Baptist faith.