The Opening Acts

Note from Tyge: If all goes well this will be the first post in an ongoing series appearing every weekend on The Opening Acts. It may get posted on either Saturday or Sunday (or both if appropriate) but it’ll be the weekend nonetheless.

The gist of it: Whether national or international, everyday is a holiday somewhere in the world although most people have no idea what the holiday is or why. That being said, every weekend I’ll post that weekend’s odd/bizarre/unknown holiday along with an appropriate song that (attempts to) capture the essence of said holiday. Easy enough? Okay, onward to today’s post!

Just how is the Captain suppose to stagger into this hammock you made for him?!?!

Approved in 1998, today is the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and it’s Abolition. On this day in 1791, an uprising on Saint Domingue (now Haiti) was the beginning of the end for the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade.

The Waterboys – Strange Boat

Granted this first holiday post had a long title and isn’t the most joyous of occasions but have faith because Macau’s Lunar Cake Day is coming up.

Related posts:

1. Your Weekend Holiday – International Talk Like A Pirate Day
2. Your Weekend Holiday – Taking The Day Off
3. Your Weekend Holiday – National Bologna Day
4. Your Weekend Holiday – Festival Of Sleep
5. Your Weekend Holiday – New Zealand Day

Tags: the waterboys

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