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Schuyler Mansion State Historic Site welcomed visitors Saturday for Pinkster, a celebration once considered a colonial Dutch holiday that became an African celebration of family, hope, and cultural identity. Festivities featured musical performances, participatory dance, live music, fabric stamping, and food. According to the historic site, Pinkster was shaped over the 18th century by cultural traditions originally brought to the Hudson River Valley by people from West and Central Africa and their descendants, who were enslaved by colonists. What was originally a Dutch religious observance evolved into a spring festival when enslaved men and women reunited with loved ones and friends to form new traditions in storytelling, music, dance, food, and the selection of the Pinkster King.
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