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Just over 24 hours to get your votes in, if you haven't already!<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/10/2015 6:59 AM, Jean-Joseph Cote
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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.<br>
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Jean-Joseph<br>
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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.<br>
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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.<br>
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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.<br>
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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 <i>grounation</i>, Iyaric dialect
equivalent of <i>foundation</i>, "uplifted" with the sound of the
word <i>ground</i> in the sense of "making contact with the
soil"]<br>
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Grounation Day: (Cumbrian dial.) A day reserved for pickling food;
often two Sundays before Martinmas.<br>
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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.<br>
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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.<br>
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