Calendar and Major Event list
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Major Events list
Our year begins on the Yoruba calendar at beginning of June. It is divine upon on the 1st Sunday in June and is celebrated on the 2nd Sunday as Odunde
Some events are on the lunar calendar and the celebrated date floats from year to year current yearly celebration date shown in the calendar above
A modest monthly ancestral offering is recommended on each New moon
Opening
the year
May 25 Remembrance Day
May 25 First masquerade
May 25 African Liberation Day
Starting
The year
June
1st Sunday Reading of Yoruba year, Baltimore aligned with Ile Ife
1st Saturday Tribute to Our Ancestors of the Middle Passage, far Rockaway NY
2nd Sunday Odunde in Philadelphia, Pa
June 19th Juneteenth Masquerades
Masquerade
Season
Various masquerades for family BBQs, summer Drum fest 4th July, and or Labor Day gatherings.
Season
Closeing
Aug 14 (heliacal) Sunrise -Anniversary of Bwa Kayiman ritual
Sept 21 Last outdoor Ancestral Masquerade
fall harvest moon/fall equinox usually the Harlem African American day parade
Fall
Season
Oct 8 Celebrating Jean-Jacques Dessalines coronationWarriors Fire Prosperity Ritual-
Appeasement Maat, Oya, Mariguanda & witches -between Sept.23 and Oct. 23
Day of
the Dead
Oct 31 Honoring the Beloved Dead
Nov 1 Setting Intentions in changing cycle
Nov 2 closing old and opening Luck rite
Nov 11 Nakumbuka Day (African unknow warrior)
Days of
Veneration
Between Nov 11+ Dec 21
Native American medicine wheel Ritual
We avoid schedule clashes with thanks taking
Days of
Rebirth
Dec 21 Winter solstice Awan of Olokun
Dec 24-31 7 Days of ancestral ascension
Dec 24-31 Kwanza with the ancestral aspect
Days of
Winter
Jan 21 Dr MLK day
Feb 01 Black History Month lecture and workshops
Ending of
Winter
Last winter full moon late -February–March (March 7th, 2023)
Winters end full moon celestial ancestral ritual to Dissolve Ancestral Karma
Mar 17 All snake’s day Irish African purge remembered
Spring Opening
Late march Early April on or after equinox
Spring equinox community feeding
Spring
Event
Malcom X birthday and optional grave site pilgrimage