Celebrate Gullah culture at Woodland River Festival
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The annual Lands End Woodland River Festival will be held on Labor Day weekend, Friday and Saturday on St. Helena Island. The festival is a community celebration of the Gullah ancestry and traditions of the people of St. Helena Island through music, storytelling, historical presentations, crafts and food.
In 1920, 47 African slave descendants purchased 328 acres of the former Baker Plantation on St. Helena Island to preserve it for the recreational enjoyment of future generations. The Lands End Woodland was formed as a nonprofit organization by the descendants or heirs of the original land owners.
There will be an old-fashioned fish fry with fried fish dinners, boiled crabs and music on the riverbanks…Friday. On Saturday, there will be all-day performances by church choirs, dancers, musicians and storytellers…. There will also be health and cultural exhibits, crafts and food vendors serving a “taste of Gullah.”
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