Calendar and Major Events List
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Our year begins on the Yoruba calendar at beginning of June. It is divine upon 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 dates are shown in the calendar above.
A modest monthly ancestral offering is recommended on each New Moon.
Interactive Events Calendar
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Major Events List
Open each section below to view the full sequence of seasonal observances from the Wix calendar layout.
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 coronation
- Warriors Fire: Prosperity Ritual
- Between Sept. 23 and Oct. 23: Appeasement Maat, Oya, Mariguanda & witches
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 and 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: 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
- Spring Event: Malcom X birthday and optional grave site pilgrimage