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Farmhouse Family Day: Pinkster Celebration
May 21, 2022 @ 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Free
ABOUT: The Pinkster Festival is a very important 350-year-old, but little known, Africanized celebration which took place annually in the Hudson River Valley region, including the N.Y.C. area, for almost 200 yrs. The Africans enslaved by Dutch colonists took this opportunity to celebrate with their own music, dance and other cultural expressions of their African heritage. The Pinkster Festival evolved into what is probably the oldest openly African holiday celebration in America.
- Musical performance with Chief Baby Neil Clarke on drums and O.H. Prince on fiddle
- Storytelling with Chief Baba Neil Clarke
- Races and sno-cones with Elite Learners
- Balloons with Mr. Vee the Balloon Twister!
- Colonial toys and garden activities with the Wyckoff Farm team
Learn more about the Pinkster:
- Culinary History with Lavada Nahon
- Music and Pinkster w. Chief Baba Neil Clarke
- Pinkster Panel Discussion with Wyckoff House & Dyckman
Missed our event or want to celebrate Pinkster some more? Check out these events with some of our partners:
Understanding Pinkster – Virtual Discussion with Chief Baba Neil Clarke & Lavada Nahon – Wednesday, May 25, 6:30pm
Pinkster at Schuyler Mansion – Saturday, June 4, 11am – 4 pm, 32 Catherine St..Albany, NY 12202
