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Penn Center Heritage Days Celebration

Heritage Days Celebration is a three-day cultural event celebrating the Gullah/Geechee/Sea Island history, folk arts, food, music, crafts and West African cultural legacy. Located at the Penn School, one of the first schools for enslaved Africans on St. Helena Island, visitors can experience the unique setting of the 50-acre historic campus of Penn Center. Special events for the weekend include demonstrations of the West African/ Gullah cultural connection including bateau making, quilting, basket making and net making; live demonstrations of rice production in an authentic rice shack; Gullah storytellers; singers; African drummers; dancers; gospel singers; a craft fair; a parade; and fun fuh de chillun (fun for the children). This year's theme will be: "HBCU Reunion Weekend - The Homecoming" to celebrate the history of historically Black colleges and universities, many of which originated from freedmen's schools. An educational symposium will feature HBCU presidents and commissioners from the National Gullah-Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor.

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