The origins of the Spiritual Shouter Baptist Faith in Trinidad and Tobago
has evolved over time to become a unique, indigenous religion. It has
managed to fuse the spontaneity and rhythms of Africa (Yoruba religion)
with the restrained, traditional tenets of Christianity to produce a religion
that is vibrant, expressive, and dynamic. The British banned the Shouters due to their loud shouting, singing and clapping from 1917 to 1951. Every March 30th, Spiritual (Shouter) Baptist Liberation Day commemorates the abolition of the colonial-era British-instituted Shouters Prohibition Ordinance.