Counter-celebration explained

A counter-celebration or counter-observance or alternative commemoration can be a form of protest of a holiday's commemoration by challenging its dominant narrative with an alternative event, often representing a social cause such as indigenous rights, and involving symbolic subversion in the style of culture jamming.[1]

Counter-celebrations

Day of Mourning and Invasion Day or Survival Day

Indigenous Peoples' Day

National Day of Mourning and Unthanksgiving Day

Loyalty Day

Nakba Day

Shūsen-kinenbi

Notes and References

  1. Book: Allen, Chadwick. Trans-Indigenous: Methodologies for Global Native Literary Studies. 2012-10-01. University of Minnesota Press. 978-0-8166-7818-1. 10.5749/minnesota/9780816678181.003.0002.