Ceremony honours Mi'kmaw community lost in the Halifax Explosion
Every year on Dec. 6, filmmaker Catherine Martin holds a gathering on the Dartmouth shore of Halifax Harbour to honour her ancestors on land that was once the Mi'kmaw community of Kepe'kek, or the Narrows, also called Turtle Grove. 
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Ceremony honours Mi'kmaw community lost in the Halifax Explosion
Every year on Dec. 6, filmmaker Catherine Martin holds a gathering on the Dartmouth shore of Halifax Harbour to honour her ancestors on land that was once the Mi'kmaw community of Kepe'kek, or the Narrows, also called Turtle Grove. 
#ceremony #honour #community #history #HalifaxHarbour #Dartmouth #Kepekek #TurtleGrove #News #Indigenous
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/kepekek-mikmaw-halifax-explosion-1.7403681?cmp=rss

#accaddeoggi il 6 dicembre 1917 ad Halifax in Canada, con una potenza di 2,9 chilotoni è la più potente esplosione di origine artificiale prima dell'utilizzo della bomba atomica.
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in foto un orologio fermo a quel tragico momento, visibile tutt'ora nella collezione del Museo Marittimo dell'Atlantico del Canada.
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