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Pinkster
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Pinkster Virtual Celebration
Pinkster is a religious holiday associated with the change of season to spring. Today, Pinkster is recognized as the oldest African-American holiday of the United States, celebrated since the colonial period. The African influence on Pinkster dates from the fifteenth century in the Bantu regions of Congo and Angola. Pinkster is derived from the Dutch word “Pinksteren” which means Pentecost or the Seventh Sunday after Easter. Since the 1970s, New Yorkers have resurrected Pinks
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8 minutes, 10 seconds
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