[Fictionary] a week of Grounation Days

[Jean-Joseph Cote]

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On 6/10/2015 6:59 AM, Jean-Joseph Cote wrote:
> What and when is Grounation Day?  What's the second most likely 
> possibility?  Here are your choices, let me know what you think before 
> the start of Juneteenth.
>
> Jean-Joseph
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> Grounation Day: A Day of Atonement along the Washita River in OK, 
> where Custer's troops massacred most of the Southern Cheyennes in 
> 1868, headed by Chief Black Kettle, but consisting of mostly women, 
> children, and old people.  Today there is a National Monument at the 
> site.   Participants in the event tend to be Native Americans and 
> descendants of the soldiers or local settlers at the time, plus some 
> reenacters.  A somber service is held sporadically, when the Spirits 
> give a sign, usually about once a year.  Often preceded by sweat lodge 
> cleansing and followed by a healing dance.
>
> Grounation Day: (Día de Grounación) In 2014, a day of remembrance for 
> those lost to floods and mudslides in Atoyac de Alvarez, Mexico, on 
> the anniversary of Hurricane Manuel (September 18th) which devastated 
> the area near Acapulco in 2013. Participants walked to the beach 
> carrying garlands and built small fires below the high tide line. 
> Prayers were said as participants watched the tide come in, 
> extinguishing the fires and carrying away the flowers.
>
> Grounation Day: (fr Ger. grün, green) In rural, north-central England, 
> the name of "Greening Day". This holiday is celebrated locally in 
> rural areas across Europe when the first seedlings break out. The date 
> is dependent on latitude: in Calabria (S Italy) "Giorno di 
> Giovanazione" is celebrated in the middle of February; in Yorkshire 
> and the Pennines of north-central England "Grounation Day" is 
> celebrated near the end of March; and in Pomerania and parts of 
> Mecklenburg and Brandenburg (N Germany), "Begrünungtag" is celebrated 
> usually at the beginning of May. It is usually marked by the 
> appearance of some particular plant (specific to each locale). 
> Celebrations revolve around rituals involving hearthfires and spring 
> cleaning.
>
> Grounation Day: (April 21) The second most important Rastafari holy 
> day, celebrated in honor of the only visit of Emperor Haile Selassie 
> to Jamaica, in 1966.  After Rasta leader Mortimer Planno escorted the 
> African monarch down the steps, journalists were puzzled by Selassie's 
> refusal to walk on the red carpet on the way to his limousine. [hence 
> /grounation/, Iyaric dialect equivalent of /foundation/, "uplifted" 
> with the sound of the word /ground/ in the sense of "making contact 
> with the soil"]
>
> Grounation Day: (Cumbrian dial.) A day reserved for pickling food; 
> often two Sundays before Martinmas.
>
> Grounation Day: [Torres Strait Creole graun, land] The June 3 
> anniversary of the legal decision that indigenous people have title to 
> land, celebrated in the Torres Strait Islands by dancing along the 
> boundary of a lot to the accompaniment of didgeridoos.
>
> Grounation Day: (from GReek Orthodox UNified NATION) Civic holiday 
> introduced in 1920 by the Greek-American fraternal organization the 
> Brotherhood of St. Barbaras. Celebrated on the Sunday closest to June 
> 17 (the Greek Orthodox feast day of the Archangel Michael), the 
> holiday is intended to promote unity and pride in their ethnic 
> heritage among Greek Americans. Celebrations typically include a 
> picnic featuring traditional Greek foods, Greek music, and dance 
> performances in traditional costume. The holiday never gained the 
> traction of St. Patrick's day or even Kwanzaa, and is not now widely 
> observed.
>
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