3:30 p.m. | Preserving the Past and Purpose of Spirituals

Presenters:
Anthony Sanchez

This presentation concentrates on the ethics behind past and present approaches to ethnography, ethnomusicology and archiving Gullah Geechee and Afro-Latin language, religion, and music. I provide overviews and comparisons of the Gullah Geechee Ring Shout music and religious social customs, versus Afro-Latin syncretic religious practices in Puerto Rico, Cuba, and Brazil (Spiritism, Candomblé, and other variants.

Length: 30 minutes