United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018Burrison, John A., 1942-2005-04-06Encyclopedia article providing an overview of folklife in Georgia. Georgia folklife includes a wide range of community-shared, informally learned traditions, from the African American folktales popularized in the Uncle Remus books of Joel Chandler Harris to the mountain lore presented in the Foxfire publications and the celebrations and foods of recent immigrants. The ethnic, occupational, and locale-based diversity of Georgia folklife can be compared to a multipatterned patchwork quilt, with fishing and Geechee traditions on the coast, swamp lore in the Okefenokee, a rich pottery and blues heritage in the Piedmont, and ballad singing, fiddling, and banjo-picking in the mountains.GSE identifier: SS2H2text/htmlengForms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.Folklore--GeorgiaMaterial culture--GeorgiaOral tradition--GeorgiaManners and customsGeorgia--Social life and customsPottery--GeorgiaFolk music--GeorgiaShape note singing--GeorgiaFolklife: OverviewText