Search the internet, look in the local newspapers. You'll be hard pressed to find any information about the annual event held in Uniontown, AL that attracts folks by the thousands. Ask around though, and you'll see folks everywhere "going to the woods". Though this gathering doesn't resemble it anymore, it used to be a religeous ceremony.
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12: So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you? 13: Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. 14: If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet. 15: For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you. Mathew 13: 12-15 |
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This event, lasting from Sept. 16-22, has now evolved into a week long party. Food is the most abundant of items availble for purchase. One of the favorites is polish dogs. Thier was the infamous "BBQ dog" incident a few years ago, but most say today they haven't seen anything like that anymore. Thier are also an assortment of tents around the grounds, containing varoius nude and lude acts. Gambling tables are abundant also, always seeming to take the unfortunate player's money. When I ask what you can buy there, the reply is always "what you wanting to buy?" Drugs, prostitution, and bootleg sales are the norm. Although it hasn't reportedly happened this year, shootings have seemingly become a tradition. These events don't stop poeple from travelling from New York, Detroit, Chicago, and all points in between to Uniontown.
Police are not allowed into the footwash. They do, however, set up roadblocks at the entrance to stop and search all "suspicious" looking vehicles, or namely those carrying more than one person or have more than a little luggage space. This is needed, but doesn't seem to put a dent in the illegal activity inside the grounds. As described by one lady, "You can get high off the smoke just walking around." Needless to say, if your planning to attend, please leave your children at home.
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