The annual Sweetgrass Festival in Mount Pleasant is designed to promote and bring attention to the contributions of the Gullah people’s history, culture, traditions and their sweetgrass basket art ...
ST. STEPHEN, S.C. (AP) — For most of his 80 years, Joe Mazyck has been harvesting the soft, pliable sweetgrass used to make the iconic baskets that have been woven by slaves and their descendants for ...
The Okeetee Club in Jasper County has let traditional basket weavers harvest sweetgrass on its vast property for years, but the private club has put a stop to it. One local basket sewer says this ...
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WMBF) - A Lowcountry legend is continuing to keep a 300-plus-year tradition alive. For this WMBF ‘Black History Spotlight,’ get to know Mary Jackson, an artist known for creating ...
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCIV) — Residents and visitors from across the Lowcountry have been invited to celebrate Gullah Geechee heritage and the art of basket making at the 2025 Sweetgrass Festival in ...
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – From the ocean floor to the coastal plains, this episode of Into the Wild highlights how South Carolinians are protecting what makes this region unique — the balance between ...
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