Original Story Published by: Karl Puckett for The Island Packet, www.islandpacket.com
Photo Source: ©Karl Puckett, Island Packet
(Above) Anita Singleton-Prather, whose stage name is Aunt Pearlie Sue, says the 2022 Original Gullah Festival had the spirit of healing and love, with everyone welcome
Big crowds and renewed emphasis on the roots of the Gullah people — and healing — marked the first Original Gullah Festival to be conducted since the world was tipped upside down by the pandemic and protests over police brutality following the death of George Floyd.
Being back together in person again at the festival, which ended Sunday, provided spiritual, mental, physical and racial healing, said Anita Singleton-Prather, one of the organizers. “In light of all we have gone through with Covid, with the Black Lives Matter, people getting so depressed, the rise in suicide, all of those ‘isms’ that we’re dealing with right now.”
Organizers wanted the festival to be a place of healing and love for the community — “that Beaufort would set the example for the world that people from different backgrounds, religious backgrounds, racial, whatever, ethic background, can come together in a place of peace and unity and live,” Singleton-Prather said.
On that count, she added, they succeeded.
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