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| Pinkster at Philisburg Manor |
Step into the rhythms and get swept up in this springtime holiday featuring continuous performances of African drumming, dancing, and storytelling. Experience a recreation of a colonial cross-cultural event known as Pinkster, first celebrated in the Hudson Valley in the 17th century.
Pinkster was a holiday celebrated by the Dutch on Pentecost, the seventh Sunday after Easter. African American slaves adopted the holiday and put their own cultural spin on the festivities. Today, Pinkster is recognized as the oldest African American holiday in the United States, celebrated since the colonial period. The African cultural influence on Pinkster dates from the fifteenth century in the Bantu regions of Congo and Angola.
On May 18, 2019 from 10 am to 5 pm, Philipsburg Manor - 381 N Broadway, Sleepy Hollow, New York 10591 will share and reenact this holiday for families.
Learn a new dance step, move to an age-old rhythm, listen to the melodious strings of the kora, enjoy African folktales, and taste akkra (West African pea fritters). Visitors of all ages are invited to join the parade, dance step across the plank, and elect next year’s Pinkster King or Queen. Throughout the historic site, learn about the accomplishments of the enslaved men, women, and children who lived and worked at Philipsburg Manor. Celebrated author Michael Twitty, winner of the James Beard Book of the Year Award in 2018, will be reading and signing copies of "The Cooking Gene: A Journey through African-American Culinary History in the Old South" in the New World Dutch Barn.
Stop by the Visitor Center to experience People Not Property: Stories of Slavery in the Colonial North. This groundbreaking interactive documentary reveals the scope of Northern slavery through the individual stories of those who were enslaved.
Philipsburg Manor began celebrating Pinkster in 1977, making this event the longest-running authentic recreation of Pinkster in North America. Tickets are $14; $12 for seniors; $8 for children 3-17 and are available online at: https://hudsonvalley.org/events/celebrate-pinkster.
On Saturday, June 15, 2019 from 12 PM – 4 PM African Burial Ground National Monument - 290 Broadway, New York, New York 10007 will also celebrate Pinkster.
Since the 1970s, New Yorkers have resurrected Pinkster festivals in New York and throughout the surrounding areas. Celebrate New York’s vibrant African American history and culture at one of New York City’s most sacred sites.
The African Burial Ground National Monument and the African American Pinkster Committee of New York (AAPCNY) invite the general public to a commemorative celebration featuring the pouring of libations, lectures, songs, performances, reading of proclamations, and the laying of flowers on the burial mounds.
For information on AAPCNY or to become involved, please contact (646) 559-2218.
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