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ring shout  

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  • The ring shout is a sacred group dance that originated in West Africa. When Africans from various ethnic backgrounds came to America, they found that they were not able to communicate immediately but shared a common ancestral dance that was performed during sacred ceremonies. [Source: Encyclopedia of Black Studies; Ring Shout]

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