Mardi Gras Artifact

My artifact is a necklace and it’s so unique and important to me because it has my name on it. And it’s so beautiful, in the middle there is my name with Arabic letters it’s so old so I don’t wear it any more but it still my favorite on of all. I allow keep it in a small box in my bed room near to me so that nobody will play or touch it. I get it when I was 11 years old from a special people in a special event. It from my family they give it to me as a present when I pass my sixth grad, I was so happy that day and until now every time I look at it I remember how hard I worked to pass that school year. It also my first necklace in my life I keep it until now because I love my family. When I feel upset or depressed I tack it out and keep

Many people have various valuable items that they cherish, some only have a few but everyone has that one thing that hey hold close to their heart over everything. My one item happens to be a necklace that my papa got me for Christmas right after he was diagnosed with liver cancer. This necklace means so much to me because of the character behind it, the many feelings it gives me and the heartfelt memories behind this one simple gift.

The masks act as a way for the guests to block their guilt from being exposed after leaving people beyond the four walls to fend for themselves. “It was towards the close of the fifth or sixth month of his seclusion, and while the pestilence raged most furiously abroad, that the prince Prospero entertained his thousand friends at a masked ball of the most unusual magnificence” (Poe, Par.4). The invitees put on masks to symbolically obscure themselves from the fate of the “Red Death”. Poe is stating that the people are falling into the same arrogant way of thinking as Prospero by trying to escape disease. The party-goers are also hiding from themselves and each other because they selfishly tried to make themselves immune to the disease while leaving the outside world to fend for their lives. The masks being worn also helps give the sense of confidence while being “hidden”, especially Prospero. “ ‘Who dares’-- he demanded hoarsely of the courtiers who stood near him-- ‘Who dares insult us with this blasphemous mockery? Seize him and unmask him-that we may know whom we have to hang, at sunrise, from the battlements!’ (Poe, par.11). As soon as Prospero’s eyes landed on the mummer, there was a surge of confidence that shot up within his body in a split second. The mask upon Prospero’s face caused him to act in a boastful and cocky way to try and defeat the mummer, despite

Although the world climate around exploitation has altered in the last few years, mostly moving away from the exploited industrial countries such as China, it is still important to look at what was happening in China so that it can be understood in connection with today. The documentary by Robert Redmon, Mardi Gras: Made in China focuses on the exploited Chinese factory workers crafting various beads for the Americans to throw at each other for sexual gratification. The documentary does a good job jumping back and forth between the factory workers and the celebrators of Mardis Gras, creating an interesting parallel, implicating the absolute uselessness in the beads for such a large cost. Marx's theories of exploitation through Capitalism can be tied too well to the Chinese-Mardi Gras beads exploitation, as the Chinese workers were put through an extreme form of Capitalist exploitation that even Marx may never have expected.

Lafayette Louisiana witch is the capital of the Cajun Country. Has the second biggest Mardi Gras celebration. This celebration has lost its meaning. More of a tourist profit to the state this celebration would be a very hard challenge to get the state to bring its meaning back. In the old days, Mardi Gras was not just the day before Ash Wednesday. It was a day that people rode on horseback or in their trucks going to town’s businesses and neighborhoods. Once the owner of the homes or businesses allowed these people to come in the masked people started to sing, dance, play around or even play pranks on the people who allowed them in. Before the masked people left the begged the owners of the business or home for rice or other things. If they gave them something such as money or things to make a gumbo, they allowed that person to a gumbo feast that was held that evening. And if they did not the masked people would destroy their home or business. They might even mock them for years to come.” This group of masked people was known as classed Les Mardi Gras, or in English the Mardi Gras.” (Ware, 2003) Today Cajun’s don't celebrate it this way anymore. Mardi Gras is considered to be paradise, festivals, drinking and getting as many beads as you can. The masked people can still be seen but not asking for things to make a gumbo or money but as a symbol in the

needed to collect an artifact or body part, such as bones, replicas could be created. It would not be the real thing, but they could be used to express the same message or show the purpose of the original object.

Lets get right to it, a mask is a device for deception or hide ones identity. Some mask can also be use for protection. Like a welder, a war mask protect his or her face from the heat and fire. For Lucy, its was use to conceal her identity. When wearing the costume, Lucy could be one of the kids because everyone is dress up. then mean she was a normal average kid on Halloween. More importantly, it meant she wasn't getting mock or insulted by others. It made her bold and happy for having the chance to interact with others.

C. Thesis Statement: Going from what the meaning of Halloween is in America today and looking back at it’s roots, it has evolved dramatically. And just recently we have been seeing a comeback from one of those roots, but do we know it’s real cultural significance?

For my artifact I constructed a document. Documents hold all sorts of information. In this case, these documents were from World War I. Knowing background information about the past is useful especially for World War 2. In this case for World War I, soldiers did not have any background information on wars for the reason that it was the first war to occur. Civilians during World War II, took inspiration and took the mistakes that soldiers messed up in WW1 as an opportunity to learn from their mistakes. In order to not repeat history again. Documents were used in order to keep track of special events that would occur during the time. In this case, this was something that the civilians based off of for World War 2, to know what types of battles

Once upon a time there was a huge celebration, everybody has been looking forward to this for about a year, this celebration is called mardi gras. Mardi gras will begin tomorrow so every store in new orleans is overcrowded with people from all over the world stocking up on decorations, costumes, and most importantly bead necklaces for when they throw them up in the trees,. Me and my grandaughter own one of the largest celebration stores in new orleans called “ Me + YOU”. We always enjoy peoples faces when they see just the thing that they have been looking for, We love it so much that we paid to have one of our own floats in one of the worlds largest parades running across our streets. You knew when it was getting late when all of the crazy tourist start running down the streets screaming “ no more days!!!! No more days!!!!,“ so I started to head home on my little motorcycle, some people thought it was crazy to see an old granny on a bike but that way i know that i am the coolest grandma out there. I pulled up to my small blue cottage near the shore and caught my family hiding outside and they all yelled

The masks were used for hiding the identity of the person wearing the mask. Just like if you're at a masquerade ball and you don't want anyone to see your face, that's kinda what it was like at the Venice Carnivals. The masks were formed from paper mache, decorated with lots of things like

Venetian Carnival Masks are so you cant see someones face, who they are, or there identity. People use it for many things. They could use it for criminal actions or just for fun. People mostly use it for carnivals or celebrating something. It was also restricted. On December you could only wear it for 3 months then you have to wait till December again. It can be a whole face or it can be a half face mask. It is colored with bright colors and it could also have gems, fabric, or feathers on it. They can also have a long pointy nose or not a nose at all. Venetian Mask could also have a different chin so the person under the mask can eat and drink without taking off their mask and revealing their identity to other people. Full face Venetian Masks

The History of the Venetian Carnival Mask began in 1168 to celebrate the victory of Republic of Venice against Patriarch of Aquileia. This was the start of the annual festival “Carnival of Venice”, where the people gather together in celebration. While wearing many different types of masks, eat food, and honor the victory of Venice.

     Masks were created to be placed over the face, on the top of the head, or even over the head. Most masks represent spirits of ancestors (Fetzer 106). Some villages make masks with full costumes and use them with music to dance in ritual performances. They used masks for social control,

The original Mardi Gras beads were solid colors and made of glass, but krewe (crew) members started to throw plastic beads during the 20th century. I could only