Smithsonian's National Museum of American History

SHOUT

30 minutes

When

11:00

Where

1300 Constitution Ave, NW

Washington

,

DC

20560

SHOUT Coulter Plaza, First Floor, West Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday 11:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., and 2:00 p.m. Join our ensemble of performers as they sing, dance, and teach through storytelling. Learn about the ring shout—a powerful practice blending song and rhythmic movement created by enslaved communities in the 1700s and 1800s. They combined various religious practices of Europe and Africa, creating a cultural tradition that became iconically American. Connect their syncopated musical rhythms from the past to the present and learn how music can be a form of joyful resistance in times of oppression.

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