#pilgrims — Public Fediverse posts

https://www.europesays.com/africa/224605/ Pilgrims Stranded as Saudi Airline Shuns Ogun Airport #aviation #AviationSafety #flynas #GatewayInternationalAirport #Hajj #Hajj2026 #MaxAir #MurtalaMuhammedInternationalAirport #NAHCON #Nigeria #OgunState #pilgrimage #pilgrims #StrandedPilgrims

"The annual #Jewish #pilgrimage to the 26-century-old #ElGhriba #Synagogue in #Tunisia drew a modest but notable return of international visitors this year, worshipping together under tight security after a deadly 2023 attack disrupted the festival.

Visitors came from #France, #China, #IvoryCoast and #Italy, including France’s ambassador to Tunisia, a symbolic gesture after two #French citizens were among those killed in the 2023 attack. A national guardsman shot and killed five people at the El-Ghriba synagogue soon after the festival that year, spreading fear among the local Jewish population and international #pilgrims."

https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-05-06/foreign-visitors-return-to-jewish-pilgrimage-in-tunisia-under-tight-security

How does this square with #pastry #pilgrims, who are adding #calories?

https://www.elle.com/culture/travel-food/a71006849/longevity-travel-trend-2026/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us #longevity #travel #tourism #health

Here comes another of my random "hey do I know any..." posts.

Hey, do I know anyone who knows about EXORCISTS?

And what about PILGRIMS?

Or PIRATES?

Or ALCHEMY?

It's for Writing the Occult, so they need to be comfortable presenting on Zoom (but will receive token pay for their efforts)

#academicchatter #academia #writers #writing #writingcommunity #books #religion #exorcism #pilgrims #pirates #alchemy

Hype for the Future 65/284: Town of Provincetown, Massachusetts

https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/01/04/hype-for-the-future-65-284-tow-of-provincetown-massachusetts/

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Toadlyturtle/115617500489377798

It's become quite clear that on #Mastodon, not much I say will be seen by many

#Genocide #Turkey #Fascism #Colonization #Pilgrims #Puritans #Decolonize #Thanksgiving #Thanksgiving2025 #Indigenous

https://www.storyangles.com/post/the-real-story-behind-thanksgiving

The Real Story Behind Thanksgiving
From Pilgrims to Pumpkin Pie.

#Thanksgiving #holidayseason #StoryAngles #Pilgrims #AmericanHistory #nativeamerican

💡 Pilgrims in regalo su Epic Games

https://gomoot.com/pilgrims-in-regalo-su-epic-games

#amanita #click #egs #epicgames #epicgamestore #fhd #free #freegame #freegames #game #games #giochi #gratis #news #pc #picks #pilgrims #point #puzzle #regalo #videogames #weeklyfreegames

The 700 old white rabbit in St Mary’s Church still wearing it’s pilgrims bag with its Scallop shell symbol #Beverley #Yorkshire

Pete Savin @pete_savin #churches #pilgrims #rabbits

In Her Grandfather's Legacy: #KishaJames Destroys the Myth of a #Pilgrims #Thanksgiving

"We are not vanishing. We are not conquered. We are as strong as ever." Kisha James, granddaughter of #Wamsutta.

By #BrendaNorrell, Nov. 28, 2024 #CensoredNews original series

"Kisha James began the National Day of Mourning on Plymouth Rock with the words of her grandfather Wamsutta, words that the settlers tried to silence, and the factual account of the first Thanksgiving: The slaughter of Pequot women and children."

Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/11/in-her-grandfathers-legacy-kisha-james.html

#NationalDayOfMourning #PlymouthRock #Wampanoag #FrankJames #SettlerColonialism #Pilgrims #IndigenousHistory #AmericanHistory #Mayflower #DayOfMourning #ThanksgivingMyth #ReaderSupportedNews

How the first #Pilgrims and the #Puritans differed in their views on religion and respect for #NativeAmericans https://theconversation.com/how-the-first-pilgrims-and-the-puritans-differed-in-their-views-on-religion-and-respect-for-native-americans-240974

#Swami #Chatbot for #sabariamala #pilgrims supports multiple #languages like #Malayalam, #English, #Hindi, #Telugu, #Tamil, and #Kannada.
https://indianf.com/ai-swami-chatbot-sabarimala-pilgrims-assistance/#:~:text=Swami%20Chatbot%2C%20accessible%20on%20smart%20phones%2C%20promises%20to%20offer%20essential%20information%20to%20devotees.%20The%20chatbot%20supports%20multiple%20languages%20like%20Malayalam%2C%20English%2C%20Hindi%2C%20Telugu%2C%20Tamil%2C%20and%20Kannada.

The latest hot sales on #IndieGames for #NintendoSwitch: #RegencySolitaire, #HappyGame, #TheForestQuartet, #Pilgrims, #SuperAdventureHand, and #Pid

https://nindiespotlight.com/steals_and_deals.cfm

Thousands of #Pilgrims Celebrate the #Jewish New Year in Ukraine!

More than 30,000 #Hasid pilgrims have recently arrived in the Ukrainian city of #Uman to celebrate #RoshHashanah, which begins today and will last until October 4. Every year, thousands of Hasids flock to this city, where the tomb of the founder of "Hasidism, Rebbe #Nachman, is located.

Watch (45 Second) Insta Reel, Source: Kyiv Post

How to #decolonize your #Thanksgiving dinner in observance of #NationalDayofMourning

Meredith Clark
Wed, November 22, 2023

"Thanksgiving is almost upon us, a time when many #Americans gather together to eat turkey and talk about what they’re most thankful for. Growing up in the #UnitedStates, almost everyone can recall the 'First Thanksgiving' story they were told in elementary school: how the local #Wampanoag #NativeAmericans sat down with the #pilgrims of #Plymouth Colony in 1621, in what is now present-day #Massachusetts, for a celebratory feast.

"However, this story is far from the truth - which is why many people opt out of celebrating the controversial holiday.

"For many #Indigenous communities throughout the US, Thanksgiving remains a National Day of Mourning - a reminder of the devastating #genocide and #displacement that occurred at the hands of European #colonisers following their arrival in the Americas.

"Every year since 1970, #IndigenousPeople and their allies have even gathered near #PlymouthRock to commemorate a National #DayOfMourning on the day of Thanksgiving. 'Thanksgiving Day is a reminder of the genocide of millions of Native people, the theft of Native lands, and the erasure of Native cultures,' states the official website for the United American Indians of New England. 'Participants in National Day of Mourning honour Indigenous #ancestors and Native resilience. It is a day of #remembrance and #spiritual connection, as well as a #protest against the #racism and #oppression that Indigenous people continue to experience #worldwide.'

"This year, the 54th annual National Day of Mourning takes place on 23 November - the same day as Thanksgiving. While not everyone can support the event in person, there are still many ways people can raise awareness toward issues affecting Indigenous communities from wherever they are - by '#decolonising' their Thanksgiving dinner.

"#Decolonisation can be defined as the active resistance against #settlerColonialism and a shifting of power towards Indigenous sovereignty. Of course, it’s difficult to define decolonisation without putting it into practice, writes Eve Tuck and K Wayne Yang in their essay, #Decolonization Is Not a Metaphor. Rather, one of the most radical and necessary moves toward decolonisation requires imagining and enacting a future for Indigenous peoples - a future based on terms of their own making.

"Matt Hooley is an assistant professor in the department of Native American and Indigenous Studies at Dartmouth College, where he teaches about US colonial powers and Indigenous cultural production. 'Decolonisation is a beautiful and difficult political horizon that should guide our actions everyday, including during holidays like Thanksgiving,' he tells The Independent. 'Of course, Thanksgiving is a particularly relevant holiday to think about decolonisation because the way many people celebrate it involves connecting ‘the family’ to a colonial myth in which colonialism is inaccurately imagined as a peaceful event in the past.'

"By decolonising our Thanksgiving, we can celebrate the holiday with new traditions that honour a future in which Indigenous people are celebrated. This year, we can start by understanding the real history behind Thanksgiving as told by actual Indigenous communities.

"While Americans mainly dedicate one day a year to give thanks, Indigenous communities express gratitude every day with the #Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address - often called: 'The words that come before all else.' The Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address is the central prayer and invocation for the #HaudenosauneeConfederacy, which comprises the #SixNations - #Mohawk, #Oneida, #Onondaga, #Cayuga, #Seneca, and #Tuscarora. When one recites the Thanksgiving Address, they’re giving thanks for all life and the natural world around them.

"According to Hooley, one of the most straightforward actions people can take to decolonise their Thanksgiving includes supporting Indigenous land acknowledgments and land back movements. #LandBack is an ongoing Indigenous-led movement which seeks to return ancestral lands to Indigenous people and the recognition of Indigenous #sovereignty. While the movement is nowhere near new, it received international attention in 2016 during protests against the #DakotaAccesSPipeline - which continues to disrupt land and #water sources belonging to the #StandingRockSioux Tribe.

"This year, sit down with family and friends to discuss an action plan and highlight the concrete steps you plan on taking to support Indigenous communities. 'Another, even simpler way would be to begin participating in what’s called a ‘Voluntary Land Tax,’ whereby non-Indigenous people contribute a recurring tax to the tribal communities whose land you occupy,' said Hooley.

"Food is perhaps the most important part of the Thanksgiving holiday, with turkey, stuffing, and mashed potatoes taking center stage. However, there are many ways we can make sure our dinner tables honour Indigenous futurisms too. Donald A Grinde, Jr is a professor emeritus in the department of Africana and American Studies at the University at Buffalo. Grinde - who is a member of the #YamasseeNation - tells The Independent that crops such as #corn, #beans, #squash, #tomatoes, and #potatoes are central to #IndigenousHistory and future.

"'A good thing is to be thankful for the abundance in the fall and note that Native people created over 60 percent of modern #agricultural #crops,' he said. 'People can be thankful for the crops that Native people created, #medicines created, and traditions about #democracy, #WomensRights and #environmental rights.'

"Rather than buying food from major corporations this year, Hooly also recommended people consciously source their Thanksgiving dinner from Indigenous producers. 'Industrial agriculture is one of the most devastating contributors to the destruction of land and water everywhere, including on Indigenous land,' he said. 'Instead of buying food grown or made by colonial corporations, people could buy their food from Indigenous producers, or even simply make a greater effort to buy locally grown food or not to buy meat harvested from industrial farms.'

"Thanksgiving is just a day away. While it’s important that we’re actively working toward highlighting Indigenous communities on this special holiday, decolonisation efforts are something that should be done year-round.

"'People can also learn about political priorities of the Indigenous communities near them and support those priorities by speaking to their representatives, participating in a protest, or by making sure that their local school and library boards are including Indigenous texts in local community education,' Hooley said."

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/decolonize-thanksgiving-dinner-observance-national-213225020.html

#Decolonization #CorporateColonialism #LandTheft #CulturalGenocide #CulturalPreservation

This is deeply wrong, but it’s an interesting kind of wrong.

Our perception of the past telescopes: there’s the recent past, what we remember; the middle past, what our parents and grandparents remember; the long past, out of living memory but still preserved in familiar stories; and everything else. As I’ve said before, a lot of Americans’ idea of human #history seems to go roughly as follows:

1. #Cavemen.
2. #Pyramids.
3. #Jesus.
4. Robin Hood and King Arthur.
5. #Columbus and #pirates.
6. #Pilgrims and George Washington.
7. #Cowboys.
8. World War Two. (One must have happened somewhere?)
9. #Hippies and #Vietnam.
10. The real world begins with the momentous event of my birth.

Nor is this uniquely an American problem—some places have better educational systems than others, but I think people everywhere hold similar mythologized versions of world events leading uniquely and inevitably to their own central place in the world.

So here’s an extreme version of the same phenomenon applied to natural history. Most reasonably educated people have some idea that not all prehistoric animals lived at the same time (although poor #Dimetrodon is forever going to be mixed in with #dinosaurs) but they do tend to lump enormous spans of time together: #mammoths and #sabertooths, before that all dinosaurs all at once, and before that … I dunno … jellyfish or something.

#Creationists, of course, turn it up to 11.