Life in Dundas | Digital Traditions
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Pike and Pansy Hawthorne talk about life in the area of Dundas, VirginiaDigital Traditions was developed to provide access to the Folklife Resource Center (FRC) at McKissick Museum. For thirty years, deeply rooted traditions like quilting, pottery, basketry, communal foodways, and folk music have been documented through audio, video, and photography.
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Pike and Pansy Hawthorne talk about life in the area of Dundas, VirginiaVideo
Edna Rouse tells how people learn to make sweetgrass baskets.Video
Another excerpt from "Gullah Baskets." Milby Burton, director of the Charleston Museum in 1971, discusses the connections between Africa and South Carolina basket weavers.Video
The Fire Department & communal cooking.Video
Doug Brown explains what is in a rockfish muddle and how to eat it.Video
J.E. Evans shows the steps in the preparation of rockfish muddle.