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11-1-2013

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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.

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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

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