Photo slideshow: Re-enactment of Membertou’s baptism

June 24, 2010

By Maureen Googoo

A mass and re-enactment play took place at Port Royal National Historic Site in Annapolis Royal, N.S. to mark the 400th anniversary of Mi’kmaq Grand Chief Membertou’s baptism into Christianity.

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Grand Chief Membertou Baptism Re-enactment/Photo by Stephen Brake

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Grand Chief Membertou Baptism Re-enactment/Photo by Stephen Brake

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Grand Chief Membertou Baptism Re-enactment/Photo by Stephen Brake

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Grand Chief Membertou Baptism Re-enactment/Photo by Stephen Brake

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Grand Chief Membertou Baptism Re-enactment/Photo by Stephen Brake

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Grand Chief Membertou Baptism Re-enactment/Photo by Stephen Brake

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Grand Chief Membertou Baptism Re-enactment/Photo by Stephen Brake

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Grand Chief Membertou Baptism Re-enactment/Photo by Stephen Brake

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Membertou Baptism Re-enactment/Photo by Stephen Brake

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Membertou Baptism Re-enactment/Photo by Stephen Brake

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Membertou Baptism Re-enactment/Photo by Stephen Brake

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Grand Chief Membertou Baptism re-enactment/Photo by Stephen Brake

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Opening remarks before re-enactment/Photo by Stephen Brake

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Getting ready for the re-enactment/Photo by Stephen Brake

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Actors arrive for the re-enactment/Photo by Stephen Brake

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Re-enactment site/Photo by Stephen Brake

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Mass at Port Royal National Historic Site/Photo by Stephen Brake

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Mass before re-enactment/Photo by Stephen Brake

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Mi'kmaq Grand Chief Ben Sylliboy/Photo by Stephen Brake

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Mi'kmaq Grand Chief Ben Sylliboy/Photo by Stephen Brake

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Procession to Mass/Photo by Stephen Brake

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Procession to Mass/ Photo by Stephen Brake

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Procession to Mass/Photo by Stephen Brake

Tags: Bear River, Membertou, Mi'kmaq, Nova Scotia

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