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Afro-Descendant Communities’ Southern Roots Music Road Trip: Connecting the Louisiana Easter Rock and Sea Island Ring Shout Sacred Traditions

June 12, 2024 · Source: National Park Service

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Join us this June when African American elders and young culture-keepers representing Louisiana’s Easter Rock and Georgia’s Gullah Geechee Ring Shout traditions come together for the first time on one stage. They will share with the public Black spiritual practices that date back to our nation’s antebellum era.

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