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Welcome back fellow follower, today is all about the music culture of the Gullah People. This is an island in which all the historical aspect is a struggle to preserve. This island was one of the many original islands that was a port for slaves to be shipped to. The culture here is distinctive in that it is slowly deteriorating because many developers have come to develop the land and make it a home for others. More than half the land is developed with country clubs and rich high costly areas. The Gullah music culture uses the membranophones in their dances. They say that there always needs to be rhythm. In their performances there are many people dancing and screaming or screeching. They have cultural garbs that wear and they always want for their culture to be restored. In some examples of this culture their song starts in with a person harmonizing then they switch to dialogue. I don’t quite know if it is all in English or maybe in a different language but English is definitely spoken and sung. Then, they start to sing again. Also, they sometimes have bells to keep an beat as well as use their feet to stomp the floor. The Youtube video gives different examples of the Gullah music culture. One example consist of a women singing but at the end of every phrase that she sings she slurs up her words raises the note along with the words.