Gullah Geechee Heritage Tour: Remembering the Culture January 17-19, 2014
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- Опубликовано: 23 фев 2014
- UNESCO-TST, JGGCDC and SPOHP have co-organized in providing participants an opportunity to visit national monuments, to learn the history of rice production, to understand legal terms such as "regulatory agency, "become acquainted with Gullah Geechee cultural expressions and explore the Legacy of the Gullah Geechee Culture on the Highway 17 Corridor from Jacksonville, Florida to Charleston, South Carolina." These tours will continue to confirm that people of African heritage retained their cultural identity through families, religion, music, spoken words, labor, crafts and cuisines. These tours are active exchanges promoting and sustaining a focus on Gullah Geechee history. "Who Knows You May be Gullah Geechee and Don't Know It!"
UNESCO-TST
The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization - Transatlantic Slave Trade (UNESCO-TST) Education Project, links three regions which were involved in the triangular Transatlantic Slave Trade (Africa, the Americas and Europe). The goal of the TST is to increase awareness of the causes and consequences of the Transatlantic Slave Trade - including modern forms of slavery and racism - through educational exchanges, sharing best practice and developing and diffusing educational material.
JGGCDC
The Jacksonville Gullah Geechee Community Development is a domestic corporation registered in the State of Florida for the purpose of serving Gullah Geechee descendants domiciled within the State of Florida and serve as a support arm for the United States National Park Service, Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor. Additionally, the corporation is responsible for the dissemination of historical information about the African Diaspora and the migration of blacks in the New World.
SPOHP
The Samuel Proctor Oral History Program is dedicated to gathering, preserving, and promoting living memories for current and future generations. As a leading repository of oral histories in Florida and elsewhere in the South, the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program strives to educate, research, and serve North Central Florida by collecting many voices of its community.
Special Tour Guide Adventures
Tour 1 - Sapelo Island GA, by ferry boat, tour guide, Mr. R.J. Grovner
Tour 2 - Gullah Heritage Trail, Hilton Head, SC, tour guide, Mr. E. Campbell
Tour 3 - Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor, SC, by ferry boat, tour guide, Ms. Olivia Williams, NPS
Tour 4 - Old Slave Mart Museum, Charleston, SC, tour guide, Ms. Christine Mitchell
Tour 5 - First African Baptist Church, Savannah, GA, tour guide, Mr. Jamal
Tour 6 - African American Tour, Savannah, GA, tour guide, Mr. Jamal
Historic Monuments & Sites
*R.J. Reynolds House & Estate, Sapelo Island, GA
*The Light House, Sapelo, Island, GA
*Post Office, Sapelo Island, GA
*Behavior Cemetery, Sapelo Island, GA
*Hog Hammock Community, Sapelo Island, GA
*Sapelo Island Cultural and Revitalization Society, Sapelo Island, GA
*UNESCO-TST & JGGCDC Planting Ceremony of a Japanese Plum tree, Sapelo Island, GA
*African American Gullah Geechee Community, Hilton Head, SC
*Coastal Discovery Museum, Hilton Head, SC
*Fort Sumter National Monument, Red Bricks made by Slaves, Charleston Harbor, SC
*Fort Sumter National Monument, Canons, Charleston Harbor, SC
*Art of Jonathan Green, at Gullah Cuisine, Mt. Pleasant, SC
*Old Slave Mart Museum, Slave Holding Pen, Charleston, SC
*Haitian Monument, Franklin Square, Savannah, GA
*Slave Holding Pen, 2nd Street, Savannah, GA
*African American Family of Four Monument, Savannah, GA
Gullah Geechee Cuisines
*Grovner's Cuisine, Sapelo Island, GA
*Alice & Ike's Hot Chicken and Fish Restaurant, Charleston, SC
*Gullah Cuisine "Charlotte Jenkins," Mt. Pleasant, SC
*Garden of Eden Restaurant, Savannah, GA
Im from Wilmington DE my son took us to Sepalo Island 2 years ago, just wish the tour was longer. Been to Hilton Head many times w family.
I was born and raised in savannah ga and im proud of my hometown
To my Gullah/Geechees… The name Gullah is in the Strong’s Concordance Bible dictionary as a Hebrew name. Look in the Hebrew Language section on page 1353 and you can see for yourselves. Yah’ll (we) are Hebrews. Our names were not mis-pronounced as Angola or Golas although some of our ancestors were from there. The Spanish and English called us Gullah or GuYah (In spanish the LL makes a Y sound) because they knew who we were. Geechees are the Yamasee or Yahmassee (Yah) (Yahweh) who were also Hebrews and were called (Maroons, Guale, Yamacraw, Creek Aborigines) by the Spanish. Cum-by-Yah, Ah-ha-Yah, We-Ben-Yah (We Son of Yah), Hallelu-Yah.
We went to a presentation put on by the Gullahs.It was very interesting andI I’m glad we were able to go.
My mom's family is from Savannah and Jacksonville FL. some of the family still speak the Geechee dialect.
We are going on the May 28-31, 2015, second Gullah Geechee Tour from Florida to Wilmington, NC. Will tour areas not seen before, join us!
Where can I found out more information?
Do Gullah geechie people come from Virginia
How often are these tours done, also when is the next tour available?