NEW YORK – Cheyney McKnight waited years to celebrate Pinkster. On a scorching Saturday morning in May, McKnight put on her tailor-made 18th-century Malian mud cloth dress and trekked 7 miles ...

SLEEPY HOLLOW, NY — A rare chance to be a part of a link of history that has witnessed unimaginable changes can be found right in our backyard. "The Pinkster Festival: Remembrance and Renewal ...

The celebration of Pinkster began in 1640. "When Dutch went to church to celebrate, to observe Pentecost as paymaster, they would give their enslaved Africans time off. The Africans did not forget ...

Pinkster was originally a Dutch Pentecostal holiday, but enslaved Africans in New York and New Jersey adopted the tradition and it was considered as a Black holiday from the 1800s on. As ...

Known as Pinkster: Joy Is An Act of Resistance, the celebration features a variety of engaging activities to take place in and around Kingston from Saturday, May 27 to Sunday, June 4, 2023.

PINKSTER CELEBRATION, FOUNDED IN THE 1600S, STARTS MAY 27, 2023 IN KINGSTON, NY. KINGSTON, N.Y., May 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- TRANSART & Cultural Services (TRANSART) announces its second annual ...