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The Gullah People of the Sea Islands Becky Cole Cross Creek H.S.

The Gullah People of the Sea Islands Becky Cole Cross Creek H.S. The Sea Islands of the Georgia and South Carolina Coasts. A Gullah Art: African Sweet Grass Basket Weaving. Weaving Sweet Grass Baskets are still a Gullah tradition. Gullah Folk tales have been told for generations.

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The Gullah People of the Sea Islands Becky Cole Cross Creek H.S.

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  1. The Gullah People of the Sea IslandsBecky Cole Cross Creek H.S.

  2. The Sea Islands of the Georgia and South Carolina Coasts

  3. A Gullah Art: African Sweet Grass Basket Weaving

  4. Weaving Sweet Grass Baskets are still a Gullah tradition.

  5. Gullah Folk tales have been told for generations. • Video Clip

  6. St Helena Island was one of the first villages of freedmen on the GA-SC coast.

  7. The Gullah Language • Gullah is a creole form of English, indigenous to the Sea Islands of South Carolina and Georgia (the area extends from Georgetown, SC to the Golden Isles of Georgia above Florida). Like all creoles, Gullah began as a pidgin language, transforming into a language in its own right with the first generation born in America.

  8. Gullah Expressions • beat on ayun: "mechanic"; literally, "beat-on-iron"troot ma-wt: "a truthful person"; literally, "truth mouth"hush ma-wt: "hush mouth"; literally, "hush mouth"sho ded: "cemetery";literally, "sure dead"tebl tappa: "preacher"; literally, "table-tapper"

  9. More Gullah Expressions • ty oonuh ma-wt: "Hush, stop talking"; literally, "Tie your mouth"krak teet: "to speak"; literally, "crack teeth"i han shaht pay-shun: "He steals"; literally, "His hand is short of patience"

  10. Ef anybody knock one side ob oona face, mus ton de oda side an leh umknock de oda side too. Ef somebody take oona coat, mus gem oona shat too. To him who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also; and from him who takes away your cloak, do not withhold your coat as well. Gullah Translation

  11. Much of the Gullah cuisine comes from coastal waters and include many rice dishes.

  12. Traditions are important in the Gullah culture.

  13. Marriage, Family, and Kinship

  14. Folk Medicine

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