{"id":284,"date":"2010-07-15T14:30:44","date_gmt":"2010-07-15T19:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/?p=284"},"modified":"2018-12-17T18:37:10","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T00:37:10","slug":"northern-ireland-on-the-eleventh-night-and-the-twelfth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidschalliol.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/15\/northern-ireland-on-the-eleventh-night-and-the-twelfth\/","title":{"rendered":"Belfast on Eleventh Night and the Twelfth"},"content":{"rendered":"

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From July 10-14, I explored Belfast, Northern Ireland with Brian Ashby<\/a>, Ben Kolak<\/a> and some extremely helpful Belfast residents. <\/p>\n

The weekend is particularly important to the region because of The Twelfth<\/a>. The Twelfth is a day during which members of the Orange Order<\/a>, composed of Northern Ireland’s Unionist<\/a> Protestant population, march throughout the city to celebrate a historical Protestant victory over Catholics (and to achieve some contemporary objectives). Most controversially, they march through the city’s Republican<\/a> Catholic neighborhoods in that spirit of victory. As one might expect, the marches are not received well in those neighborhoods, particularly given centuries of conflict and the more recent Troubles<\/a>. As of July 15, riots continue<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Twelfth is typically preceded by Eleventh Night<\/a>, on which Unionist Protestants ignite massive bonfires throughout the city for historical and (as is clear in this photo set) very contemporary political reasons. Because the Eleventh Night fell on a Sunday this year, the bonfires were not lit until midnight on the Twelfth. As such, the marches were held just a few hours after the bonfires died down.<\/p>\n

I’ve tried to set those events against a backdrop of the physical elements of Belfast that reflect the city’s often starkly segregated social landscape.<\/p>\n

A selection of images are below, and you may also see additional images on my official Belfast series page<\/a> or an unedited selection on flickr<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\"BBQ<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Unionist<\/a><\/p>\n

\"&quot;Prepared<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Burning<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Watching<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Police<\/a><\/p>\n

\"&quot;End<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Orangemen<\/a><\/p>\n

\"&quot;Peace<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Running<\/a><\/p>\n

\"The<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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