Thousands of members of the Orange Order will take to the streets Northern Ireland Later to commemorate the main date of the Protestant loyal order parade season.
Due to Covid-19 restrictions, the parade on July 12 this year will be smaller than usual and will be based locally.
The normal 18 major events have been replaced by more than 100 local demonstrations.
The order stated that organizing smaller demonstrations is the best way to ensure that demonstrations continue.
The twelfth parade marked the victory of the Protestants king William of Orange defeated Catholic King James II at the Battle of the Boyne River Dublin 1690-This victory secured the Protestant heir United Kingdom crown.
The Big Orange Cabin in Ireland calls on everyone planning to participate in the parade to comply with Covid-19 guidelines.
It is recommended that the audience choose a parade, avoid standing in the crowd or walking beside the parade, and wear a mask when appropriate.
Usually, parade participants gather at the venue where they hear the speeches and prayers of the senior national football team, but this year it is impossible.
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic and restrictions on public gatherings, last year’s parade was cancelled.
On Sunday night, more than 160 bonfires were lit at the beginning of the traditional eleventh night celebration before the 12th parade.
Including the controversial bonfire party on Adam Street in the Tiger Bay area of the northern loyalists Belfast Adjacent to the nationalist New Lodge area.
The bonfire caused controversy because nationalists and Republican politicians claimed that the houses of residents of New Lodge were attacked by bonfire builders.
But unionist politicians rejected this, calling the bonfire a legitimate expression of their culture, and accusing nationalist political leaders of exacerbating tensions.
On Sunday, Sinn Fein’s Deputy Chief Minister Michel O’Neill said that all political leaders need to work hard to ensure that tensions do not boil in the next few days.
She said: “I hope it will be a peaceful weekend, and I hope it will be a peaceful weekend. All of us in the political leadership have a responsibility to work hard to ensure that this is the case.
“I will appeal to everyone to enjoy your celebrations and do what you should do to enjoy your culture, but there is no room to attack people’s homes.
“I just hope we have a weekend. We won’t see the scene we saw when we saw the tension in the interface area a few weeks ago. We don’t want to see this.
“My message is clear. Stay home and don’t get involved in street riots. That’s not a place anyone should go.”
