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Janet Jackson and Barry Donald Jones, of Upper Marlboro, M.D., participate in the Ring Shout at the Smithsonian's Anacostia Community Museum in Washington, D.C., Saturday, January 23, 2011. A delegation of Gullah/Geechee descendants from South Carolina traveled to Washington to tour the White House and participate in a Ring Shout. (Andre Chung/MCT)
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Pastor Griffin Lotson, center, and Jack Evans, left of center, lead the Georgia Gullah/Geechee Shouters of McIntosh County, Ga, as they perform in Washington, D.C., Saturday, July 23, 2011. (Andre Chung/MCT)
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"My intent is to promote Gullah culture and help the world appreciate the contribution that Gullah people have made to this world," said Dr. Ade Ajani Ofunniyin, of Charleston, S.C., a cultural anthropologist and promoter of Gullah culture. A delegation of Gullah/Geechee descendants from South Carolina traveled to Washington, D.C., to tour the White House and participate in a Ring Shout, Saturday, July 23, 2011. (Andre Chung/MCT)
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Ron Daise, a Murrells Inlet, S.C.-based commissioner with the heritage corridor, said Gullah culture was stigmatized for many years, but that has changed in the last decade. A delegation of Gullah/Geechee descendants from South Carolina traveled to Washington, D.C., to tour the White House and participate in a Ring Shout, Saturday, July 23, 2011. (Andre Chung/MCT)
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Ifasen Kwame, left, and Cedar Mosia Stanley, right, both 4, of Washington, D.C., and Suhailah Shoatz, of Philadelphia, Pa., watch the Georgia Gullah/Geechee Shouters perform in Washington, D.C., Saturday, January 23, 2011. A delegation of Gullah/Geechee descendants from South Carolina traveled to Washington to tour the White House and participate in a Ring Shout. (Andre Chung/MCT)
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Dr. Ade Ajani Ofunniyin, of Charleston, S.C., left, a cultural anthropologist and promoter of Gullah culture, speaks with Lori Giles of Dumfries, Va., about African-American art in Washington, D.C., Saturday, January 23, 2011. A delegation of Gullah/Geechee descendants from South Carolina traveled to Washington to tour the White House and participate in a Ring Shout. (Andre Chung/MCT)
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Ron Daise, commissioner of South Carolina Gullah/Geechee Heritage Corridor, speaks with Dr. Ade Ajani Ofunniyin, of Charleston, S.C., a cultural anthropologist and promoter of Gullah culture, in Washington, D.C., Saturday, January 23, 2011. A delegation of Gullah/Geechee descendants from South Carolina traveled to Washington to tour the White House and participate in a Ring Shout. (Andre Chung/MCT)
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Frank Jackson, Jr. of Mullins, S.C., speaks with Dr. Veronica D. Gerald, of Conway, S.C., a commissioner with the Gullah/Geechee Heritage Corridor, in Washington, D.C., Saturday, January 23, 2011. A delegation of Gullah/Geechee descendants from South Carolina traveled to Washington to tour the White House and participate in a Ring Shout. (Andre Chung/MCT)
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Ophelia Grant of Georgia Gullah/Geechee Shouters of McIntosh County, Ga., performs in Washington, D.C., Saturday, January 23, 2011. A delegation of Gullah/Geechee descendants from South Carolina traveled to Washington to tour the White House and participate in a Ring Shout. (Andre Chung/MCT)
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