Crafts Allen Family Crafts patriarch David Allen has received national recognition for his carved walking sticks. Mrs. Allen has received national attention for her traditional quilts. Both sell and demonstrate their crafts at folklife festivals. Mr. Allen s sticks are on display at the Ford Museum in Homer.
Celebrants sing as they rhythmically move around a decorated table of symbolic lanterns and cakes.
It contains art, artifacts, historical documents and films. Traditional River Baptizing in Monroe Traditional River Baptizing in Monroe, is still performed in the Ouachita River the second Sunday of each September at the foot of Pine Street. In Lake Providence, it is the fifth Sunday in July near the Soldiers Rest marker by the lake. Many African-American Baptists have long used natural bodies of water to wash away sins.