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	Spiritual Baptist - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Spiritual Baptist faith is based in Trinidad and Tobago.
		The Baptist faith was brought to Trinidad by the Merikins, former American slaves who were recruited by the British to fight for them during the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812.
		"Shouter" is seen as a derogatory term by many modern day Baptists on the island, seeing as it was first originally imposed upon them by the mainstream, the British colonial government.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shouter_Baptist (383 words)

	spiritual - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about spiritual
		The forerunner of gospel music, the spiritual was an 18th- and 19th-century hymn joined to the old African pentatonic (five-note) scale.
		Spirituals were first brought to a wider audience in the 1870s as a fund-raising activity by southern fl US universities, which sent out touring choirs called jubilee singers.
		Spiritual revelations were conceded to England at that favoured period, as at this.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /spiritual (376 words)

	SPIRITUAL BAPTISTS
		In 1996 the Government granted a public holiday to the Spiritual Baptist faith, to be celebrated on March 30, called Spiritual Baptist / Shouter Liberation Day, in memory of the struggle and in recognition of the Repeal of the 1917 Prohibition Ordinance of March 30, 1951.
		In the Spiritual Baptist Church there was no organisational affiliation or structure, and the faith grew with the blossoming of individual churches - "camps", as they were called - established as and when the spirit gave guidance and instructions.
		The Baptists suffered much persecution and prosecution resulting from the ordinance to render illegal the practices of the body known as the Shouters, and the order of the day was "beat and arrest, fines and imprisonment for the Spiritual Baptist".
	www.nalis.gov.tt /Communities/communities_SPIRITUALBAPTISTS_beliefs.htm (975 words)

	Spiritual Baptists
		The spiritually possessed would shake and spin and smash themselves against wood and concrete as if their bodies were not their own.
		The Baptists did not worship in the tongue of their Yoruban forefathers like the Orisa, nor did they invoke the spirit of Olorun, locally referred to as Oludumare (Almighty God) or Ogun (the Gate-opener).
		Spiritual Baptist Shouter Liberation Day it was a triumph for the collective group.
	www.nalis.gov.tt /Communities/Spiritual_Baptists.html (987 words)

	News : Message from His Excellency Professor George Maxwell Richards, on the occasion of Spiritual Baptist Liberation ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		I congratulate all Spiritual Baptists on the observance of Spiritual Baptist Liberation Day 2006.
		November 16th, 1917, was a sad day for this group of worshippers as it marked the enactment of the Shouters Prohibition Ordinance which forbade followers of the faith to exercise their freedom to worship.
		Spiritual Baptists know only too well the struggle that had to be endured so that followers can be free today to worship.
	www.gov.tt /news/news_article.asp?id=4357 (409 words)

	Spiritual/Shouter Baptists of Trinidad and Tobago
		The origins and early development of the Spiritual/Shouter Baptist religion in Trinidad are not well known but the consensus is that the religion developed among the people of African descent during the nineteenth century.
		The term Shouter was given to the Baptists because of their tendency to shout, clap and sing loudly during their religious services.
		During their fight to have the Shouters Prohibition Ordinance repealed, the Baptists decided to use the term Spiritual Baptists instead of Shouter Baptists, in an effort to gain some respectability for their religion.
	library2.nalis.gov.tt /Default.aspx?tabid=174 (577 words)

	Trinidad and Tobago - Open Encyclopedia
		Trinidad and Tobago is one of the most prosperous nations in the Caribbean, although less so than it was during the "oil boom" between 1973 and 1983.
		Trinidad and Tobago is a liberal democracy with a two-party system and a bicameral parliamentary system based on the Westminster System.
		Two Afro-Caribbean syncretic faiths, the Shouter or Spiritual Baptists and the Orisha faith (formerly called Shangos, a less than complimentary term) are among the fastest growing religious groups, as are a host of American-style evangelical and fundamentalist churches usually lumped as "Pentecostal" by most Trinidadians (although this designation is often inaccurate).
	www.openencyclopedia.net /index.php/Trinidad_and_Tobago (2542 words)

	Trinidad and Tobago
		According to the latest official statistics (2000), 26 percent of the population is Roman Catholic, 24.6 percent is Protestant (including 7.8 percent Anglican, 6.8 percent Pentecostal, 4 percent Seventh-day Adventist, 3.3 percent Presbyterian or Congregational, 1.8 percent Baptist, and 0.9 percent Methodist), 22.5 percent is Hindu, and 5.8 percent is Muslim.
		A small number of individuals subscribe to traditional Caribbean religions with African roots, such as the Shouter Baptists (5.4 percent) and the Orisha (0.1 percent).
		In addition, the Government recognizes the Spiritual Baptist Liberation Shouter Day, associated with the Spiritual Baptist Shouter religion.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/irf/2005/51655.htm (1620 words)

	Reference.com On This Day
		This is the 69th day of the year.
		Someone who is extremely pleased or happy has long been described as being "on cloud nine." The phrase is thought to come from the classification system used by the old US Weather Bureau, which divided clouds into nine types.
		Three days later, he attempted to withdraw his guilty plea, but his motion was denied, as were his dozens of other requests for a new trial over the next 29 years.
	www.reference.com /thisday/index.html?m=3&d=30 (353 words)

	United National Congress - SPIRITUAL BAPTIST LIBERATION DAY MESSAGE FROM THE LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION - Announcements - ...
		One of the very first acts of my Government was to declare March 30th a public holiday in recognition of the 1951 repeal of the "1917 Shouter Prohibition Ordinance" that had banned Spiritual Baptists from practicing their religion.
		Because of all the struggles that the Spiritual Baptist community has continued to endure, they are a shining example of steadfast faith and hope when faced with the bane of oppression and discrimination.
		Today, on Spiritual Baptist Liberation Day, I ask the national community to join with me in praying for our nation, so that peace and security may be restored once again.
	www.unc.org.tt /modules/news/article.php?storyid=341 (454 words)

	Point Fortin Baptists Celebrates
		This was in commemoration of the repeal of the Shouter's Prohibition Ordinance which debarred the Baptists from practicing their religion.
		It is believed that there are more Spiritual Baptist churches in Point Fortin than in any other part of the country.
		Decked in their multicolored and also plaid dresses, and magnificently wrapped head ties, the women of the 'faith' glided themselves as the true queens they depict themselves to be.
	www.spiritualbaptist.org /news/point_fortin_baptists_celebrates.htm (266 words)

	United National Congress - UNC SALUTES THE SPIRITUAL BAPTIST COMMUNITY - News - Press Releases
		The UNC salutes the thousands of Spiritual Baptist on the occasion of the commemoration of 9th Spiritual Baptist-Shouter Liberation Day, which would be celebrated tomorrow March 30th 2004.
		The PNM culminated their episode of denial by bluntly refusing to grant a public holiday to the Spiritual Baptist when, from 1991 to 1995, at the level of a Joint Parliamentary Committee they voted against the Spiritual Baptist having a public holiday.
		The commemoration of this most auspicious day as a public holiday is representative of the triumph of the Spiritual Baptist community over religious persecution, discrimination and adversity and represents the victory of people to asset themselves in the national mainstream.
	www.unc.org.tt /modules/news/article.php?storyid=122 (452 words)

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		In the waning days of Soviet rule, individual republics of the Soviet Union sought greater autonomy.
		On October 29 1923, the Turkish constitution was amended and Turkey became a republic.
		On December 30 1947, king Michael the first of Romania (a Hohenzollern, and cousin of Queen Elisabeth of England) was forced to abdicate by the recently established Soviet backed regime.
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	Trinidad & Tobago Festival & Holidays
		Corpus Christi is a special Feast Day that is celebrated on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday, in commemoration of the institution of the Holy Eucharist.
		Prayers are said five times a day, and it is a strict period of fasting where dedicated Muslims do not allow themselves food or water during this sacred time, which lasts for about 28 to 30 days or until the new Moon is once again seen.
		The first day of spring is also Saraswati Jayanti, the birth of the Hindu goddess, Mother Saraswati-the bestower of knowledge and the divine patron of the creative arts.
	www.tntisland.com /festivals.html (825 words)

	Cje - meaning of word
		That was back in the day when I was unaware of how to correctly list a page on VfD.
		User:Poccil (User Talk:Poccil) 21:51, Oct 7, 2004 (UTC) VfD result was keep, and the article hqs been wikified --User:Cje 15:34, 17 Oct 2004 (UTC) == Spiritual Baptist/Shouter Liberation Day == Marks the legalisation of the Spiritual Baptist Church in Trinidad and Tobago - also known as the Shouter Baptist Church.
		Day" or "Spiritual Baptist/Shouter Baptist Liberation Day" would be better phrasing, but I can't re-name a public holiday even if it is badly named.
	wordsonline.org /Cje (821 words)

	Festivals in Trinidad & Tobago :: Gowealthy.com
		Though there is no spring season in Trinidad, celebrants squirt purple-dyed abeer, a fuschia liquid at each other to mark the festival.
		This day commemorates the abolition of the British-instituted shouters Prohibition Ordinance which forbade participation in this African —influenced religion.
		On March 30, this day is observed as a public holiday.
	www.gowealthy.com /article/1451/index.asp (480 words)

	Trinidad and Tobago's Newsday : newsday.co.tt : Trinity Cross Judgement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Second, from 1917 to 1951 the observances of the Shouter Baptist faith were prohibited in Trinidad (commencing with the Shouters Prohibition Ordinance of the November 28, 1917 to its repeal on March 30, 1951).
		The impact of the non-recognition of Hindu and Muslim marriages was significant.
		Whit Monday, which is the public holiday celebrating Pentecost (the descent of the Holy Spirit on Jesus’ apostles, fifty days after Easter), was discontinued on February 16, 1996 when it was replaced by Indian Arrival Day.
	www.newsday.co.tt /trinitycross/0,38536.html (5387 words)

	Trinidad and Tobago's Newsday : newsday.co.tt : (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In his Spiritual Baptist Liberation Shouter Day message, Manning stated that the pursuit of liberty, freedom, justice and equality involved more than a celebration.
		Manning said that such a struggle was not won until prejudices, discrimination and the mental chains that condition and drive them are dismantled, abandoned and rendered useless.
		Contending that the Baptist community should be “empowered” to make the invaluable contribution it was capable of making to national development, the PM stated: “The Baptist community has a lot to teach our society and the wider world about faith, humility and love.
	www.newsday.co.tt /stories.php?article_id=25422 (217 words)

	The Trinidad Guardian -Online Edition Ver 2.0
		But in spite of their growing presence in the faith, many are still divided over a woman’s true role.
		In recognition of Spiritual/Shouter Baptist Liberation Day, WomanWise takes a look at the role of women in the Baptist faith.
		This debate is not singular to the Spiritual/Shouter Baptists.
	www.guardian.co.tt /archives/2006-03-30/Womanwise/wwise1.html (342 words)

	Republic Day - Avoo - Ask Us A Question - Republic Day is the name of a public holiday in several countries to ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Republic Day - Avoo - Ask Us A Question - Republic Day is the name of a public holiday in several countries to commemorate the day when they first became republics
		It is one of three annual national holidays in India, the other two being the nation's Independence Day on August 15 (since 1947) and the birthday of Mohandas
		October 25, the anniversary of the adoption of the "Declaration on State Sovereignty of Kazakh SSR" by the Kazakh legislature in 1990, is now commemorated as Republic Day (Kazakh: Республика күні), a public holiday in Kazakhstan.
	www.sebastopolcaus.com /topic/Republic_Day (1242 words)

	shouter - OneLook Dictionary Search
		Shouter : Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
		Phrases that include shouter: spiritual baptist liberation shouter day, spiritual baptist shouter liberation day, tally shouter
		Words similar to shouter: roarer, shout, yeller, more...
	www.onelook.com /?w=shouter (121 words)

	Republic Day
		The event is celebrated as a public holiday on September 24th because this is the date when the first Parliament met under the new Republican Constitution.
		The date was removed from the official calendar of holidays from 1999 to 2001 to make way for the Spiritual Baptist (Shouter) Liberation Day which is celebrated on March 30th.
		Republic [noun]: A state or nation in which the supreme power rests in all the citizens entitled to vote (the electorate), and is exercised by representatives elected, directly or indirectly, by them, and responsible to them.
	library2.nalis.gov.tt /Default.aspx?tabid=79 (163 words)

	CNN - Almanac - March 30, 1998
		On Friday, April 3, People Against Racism is to hold its first annual conference on the elimination of what it deems racist mascots.
		On Saturday, April 4, Memphis, Tennessee, holds all-day events commemorating the 30th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination.
		The city of Memphis, Tennessee, begins a painful pilgrimage into its past today, remembering the final days of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the most influential champion of civil rights slain here 30 years ago this week.
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	Spiritual Baptist Shouter Liberation Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Spiritual Baptist/Shouter Liberation Day is an annual public holiday celebrated in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, 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 faith.
		St Francis National Evangelical Spiritual Baptist Faith Archdiocese Of Canada
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Spiritual_Baptist_Shouter_Liberation_Day (119 words)

	Our Country (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In 1990, 114 men of the Jamaat al Muslimeen, led by Yasin Abu Bakr (formerly known as Lennox Phillip), stormed the Trinidad and Tobago Parliament at the Red House, and the only TV Station in the country at the time, and held the country's government hostage for six days.
		The matter was resolved, and the country has been largely at peace since.
		More information on politics and government of Trinidad and Tobago can be found at the Politics and government of Trinidad and Tobago series.
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	Holidays - U.S. Embassy Trinidad & Tobago
		These dates are not considered official public holidays; however, the Embassy will be closed on these two days.
		The actual dates for 2006 will be announced closer to that time but are tentatively scheduled for October 21 and 24.
		Please note that when a public holiday falls on a Sunday or where two public holidays fall on the same day, the following day that is not a public holiday shall be declared a public holiday.
	trinidad.usembassy.gov /holidays.html (175 words)

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		As of January 8, 2007, all persons travelling by air to the Caribbean, Mexico and Bermuda will require a valid passport, Air NEXUS card or US Coast Guard Merchant Mariner Document to enter and/or re-enter the United States in accordance with the US Government's Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative.
		The dates for the Hindu and Muslim festival days are determined and announced just prior to their observance each year.
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		The Pan Jazz Festival is held in November and brings together pan Drummers and jazz musicians for a three days of music in Trinidad.
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