United States, Georgia, McIntosh County, Sapelo Island, 31.39745, -81.278711708/2022Singers perform during the Sapelo Island Cultural Day, held each October on the island. The festival celebrates the songs, stories, dances, and food of the Geechee and Gullah culture, which developed on the Sea Islands among enslaved West Africans between 1750 and 1865.Photograph of singers performing during the Sapelo Island Cultural Day, held each October on Sapelo Island, Georgia. The singers stand on stage positioned in front of a wooden building. They wear bright orange skirts. The festival celebrates the songs, stories, dances, and food of the Geechee and Gullah culture, which developed on the Sea Islands among enslaved West Africans between 1750 and 1865.Approximately 115 people now reside on Sapelo, either permanently or temporarily, with the majority of them at the 434-acre African American community of Hog Hammock. That community still consists primarily of descendants of Thomas Spalding's slaves. A combination of Christian and Islamic religious beliefs, the Geechee culture on Sapelo Island has remained virtually unchanged, thanks to the island's geographic isolation.image/jpeghttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/geechee-and-gullah-cultureForms part of: New Georgia Encyclopediahttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/geechee-and-gullah-cultureForms part of: New Georgia EncyclopediaFestivals--Georgia--Sapelo IslandSingers--Georgia--Sapelo IslandAfrican American singers--Georgia--Sapelo IslandBuildings--Georgia--Sapelo IslandFolk festivals--Georgia--Sapelo IslandWomen singers--Georgia--Sapelo IslandAfrican American women singers--Georgia--Sapelo IslandBarrier islands--GeorgiaWomen--Georgia--Sapelo IslandAfrican American women--Georgia--Sapelo IslandMusicians--Georgia--Sapelo IslandAfrican American musicians--Georgia--Sapelo IslandWomen musicians--Georgia--Sapelo IslandAfrican American women musicians--Georgia--Sapelo IslandSapelo Island (Ga.)--Buildings, structures, etc.Sapelo Island Cultural DayStillImage