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The Athenaeum Press at Coastal Carolina University
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Date
11-1-2013
Description
A man begins a praise song at the Old Time Praise Service in Bethesda Christian Fellowship Church on St. Helena Island. The audience is clapping along with the man in center frame, and deacons are standing behind a table near the altar.
Keywords
Church, gathering, choir, clapping, shouting
Subject
African American churches--South Carolina;Gullahs--South Carolina--Saint Helena Island--Religion;Natural voice singing;Spirituals (songs)--South Carolina--St Helena Island;Saint Helena Island (S.C.)
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Keywords
Church, gathering, choir, clapping, shouting