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ring shout

English · African American (Gullah Geechee), Southeastern United States · Music/Dance

A traditionally religious African American dance in which participants move counterclockwise in a circle to clapping and a beaten stick (Smithsonian Magazine), among the oldest surviving African American performance traditions.

The McIntosh County Shouters perpetuate the ring shout.

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