Spiritual Baptist/Shouter Liberation Day

Spiritual Baptist/Shouter Liberation Day

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. [ [http://www.nalis.gov.tt/Communities/communities_SPIRITUALBAPTISTS_beliefs.htm Spiritual Baptists ] ]

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External links

* [http://library2.nalis.gov.tt/Default.aspx?PageContentID=265&tabid=174 Spiritual/Shouter Baptist Liberation Day] from the NALIS website
* [http://www.stfrancisarchdiocese.com St Francis National Evangelical Spiritual Baptist Faith Archdiocese of Canada]
* [http://www.raceandhistory.com/historicalviews/africanspirit.htm Interesting account of Spiritual Baptist beliefs and customs]


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