Groundation Day

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Groundation Day is an annual Rastafarian holy day commemorating Haile Selassie I’s 1966 visit to Jamaica and symbolizing liberation, unity, and spiritual renewal.

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Label Occurrences
Groundation Day canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Rastafarian holy day ⓘ
religious holiday ⓘ
associatedWith Black liberation ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ
Haile Selassie I ⓘ
Pan-Africanism ⓘ
Rastafarian worship ⓘ
calendarSystem Gregorian calendar ⓘ
commemorates Haile Selassie I's 1966 visit to Jamaica ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Jamaica ⓘ
culturalSignificance celebration of Jamaican Rastafarian culture ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
hasRitual Nyabinghi drumming ⓘ
linked to: Nyabinghi

chanting ⓘ
communal gatherings ⓘ
prayer ⓘ
reading of scripture ⓘ
reasoning sessions ⓘ
hasType holy day ⓘ
honors Haile Selassie I ⓘ
linkedEvent Haile Selassie I's state visit to Jamaica in 1966 ⓘ
observedBy Rastafarians ⓘ
linked to: Rastafari movement
observedIn Jamaica ⓘ
Rastafarian communities worldwide ⓘ
religion Rastafari ⓘ
linked to: Rastafari movement
religiousTradition Rastafari movement ⓘ
spiritualSignificance affirmation of Rastafarian identity ⓘ
renewal of faith in Haile Selassie I ⓘ
symbolizes liberation ⓘ
spiritual renewal ⓘ
unity ⓘ
themes African identity ⓘ
emancipation ⓘ
return to Zion ⓘ

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Grounation Day → alsoKnownAs → Groundation Day ⓘ