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The L Ring Shout or Shout is the oldest African American tradition still alive in the North American continent.
Performed for the purposes of religious worship, this fusion of dance, singing and percussion survives today in the Bolton Community of Mcintosh County, Georgia.
Derived from African practices, the Ring Shout combines Call-and-and-stays sung, the percussion of a stick or a broom on a wooden floor, and the beat of hands and feet.
It is a "shuffle" circle dance. "To Shuffle" means all of the feet but also designates various forms of dance that include steps in which their feet are crossing by drawing them.
In fact, people drag their feet moving in a circle in an anti -eral sense while singing or praying.
References at the foot of the page:
Book: Slave Culture: Nationalist Theory and the Foundations of Black America
Book: Shout Because you're free: The African American Ring Shout Tradition in Coastal Georgia
Read also the article: Black Bear Sinters The singing of the natives of America
