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Yes, from the plantation. because you know what? i remember like yesterday, i remember like it was yesterday. >> how you doing? >> my joints hurt. where are you going? i'm going to the schoolhouse. walk in the yard. i say no car. i see it creeping across the yard. going down to the schoolhouse. one was fat like me and one was skinny. that's the language we teach. we do. >> it's important for us to let them know that they don't have to be ashamed. that's what we tell them. you know, we say joint and point, they don't understand so we let them know it wasn't bad english. it wasn't ebonics. they ...

While the gulla culture can be found in georgia and the low country of south carolina, saint helena island is known for the center of gulla culture and language. for some the heart, soul and sound of the community are the renowned gichi gulla ring shouters. get ready. it is a religious ritual of song and dance that can be traced back to west africa and is believed to be the oldest surviving african performance tradition in network. ♪ god called adam ♪ god called adam ♪ god called adam ♪ >> they asked me to meet them here in front of a traditional praise house. it traces roots to ante b...

Language back. >> we're helping to bring the gullah language in the school system. >> oh, so it can be taught the way other languages -- >> that's always been my personal mission. when i started working with gullah geechee teaching, i want it to be taught like other languages. i want to be so fluent that english is my second language. >> that you have to think in gullah and translate it back to english. >> wouldn't that be beautiful? yeah, i love my culture. >> i can tell, i can tell. what was life like growing up as a kid here? >> it was different because my mother is white and my father is f...

People having a good time, right? yeah. >> and if you notice, it's not just black people. it's everybody comes out. >> yeah. >> we celebrate everybody. >> i've seen three white people. [ laughter ] >> more than that. >> i know. i think i brought the other ones. >> you brought two of them? >> those are all my whites. [ laughter ] >> so, how would you say that the gulla culture is different than black culture in the rest of the country? >> it's very different. >> yes. >> you say that like i don't have enough time to go into it. pull up a chair. >> exactly. it's not just the language, it's the to...

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