Celebration of the arts to mark Emancipation anniversary
A community gathering is to be held on the steps of City Hall to mark the 189th anniversary of emancipation.
The 30-minute event, organised by Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda, Imagine Bermuda and the Human Rights Commission, takes place from 12.45pm on Tuesday.
A spokesman for the gathering said: “The goal of the celebration is to affirm the ‘best of humanity’.
“This becomes most relevant given the existential, global challenges being faced in the 2020s.
“Rather than relying on ‘talking heads’ during this celebration, the gathering will highlight the arts.
“Bermuda’s own Robert ‘Sai’ Simons will make use of the songbook of the iconic Robert Nesta Marley, whose classics speak to the best in all of us.
“In addition, the In Motion Dancers will do a relevant work, choreographed by Malaysia DeRosa.
“The community is welcomed to come and enjoy this brief lunchtime celebration, joining in leveraging the significance of emancipation in a way that strengthens the sense of human solidarity across our Island, in 2023.”
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