Personal Narrative: The Princess And The Frog

New Orleans is known for being a culturally rich city; from its food to its music to its celebrations it is full of spirit and unique traditions. It is not hard to pick up on this, it is what you hear across the country when someone mentions New Orleans, it is what the New Orleans tourism board features in all its material, it part of how institutions such as Tulane market themselves. Everyone may know about jazz music and second lines but many of us visitors to the city lack knowledge about their historical, political, and social/cultural context. A crucial element of New Orleans culture and history that provides a lot of this context, that every visitor should take the time educate themselves about, is social aid and pleasure clubs and benevolent

Here, you’ll find a small hometown feel mixed with big time fun. The smell of Cajun dishes fills the air, inviting hungry appetites to chow down on dishes like boudin and maque choux. On the weekends, you’ll find hard-working locals enjoying Zydeco music in every type of venue from barns and dance halls to bars and country clubs. During the week, stop by the Lake Charles Mardi Gras Museum to view hundreds of costumes being worn and on display. Other points of interest include the Acadian Cultural Center, Acadian Village, and

T'S MARDI GRAS!!!!! Yes, New Orleans' famous Carnival season is this years' never-ending party and you're invited. Mardi Gras, famous for its colorful and cultural parades, is an experience you can't go any longer w/out! The Streets are packed with both tourists and Native Louisianans as they celebrate Mardi Gras in full color and sound. . The Huge Parades come flashing down the street we fresh music, an explosion of lights, and spectacular floats. Everyone is having a great time, enjoying the festivities of the parade. So you're new to Mardi Gras, but don't want to act like it? Here in brief, are the basic facts about Americas' greatest party.

The city of New Orleans, Louisiana is known as a human gumbo due to the assortment of people, cultures and year round festivals. New Orleans, Louisiana has become a renowned tourist attraction primarily due to its delectable food, night life (Bourbon Street) and adult entertainment industry. The population for the city of New Orleans in the year of 2015 was projected to be 389,617 while the population in the entire state of Louisiana was 4,670,724 (United States Census Bureau, 2015). To clarify, the state’s population is 63.2% Caucasian, 32.5% African American and 5.0% Hispanic or Latino as of July 1, 2015 (United States Census Bureau, 2015). In addition, 5.9% of New Orleans population is foreign born persons which has divulged the city and states issues of Human Trafficking (United States Census Bureau, 2015).

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

Hey, Baby! Welcome to the city of New Orleans, Louisiana! New Orleans is one of the most popular cities in the boot. This wonderful, distinctive place is the home of plenty of unknown "special" activities instead of what most know which is Mardi Gras. Believe it or not, New Orleans, is a go-to city for most events that many, if not most Northern Louisianan may not existence. In other states, people can come to a conclusion that all Louisiana natives are the same, but we vary around the state. New Orleans is different from all other cities in Louisiana for the exquisite taste of food and music, the collection of festivals, and the unfamiliar, out of space language.

New Orleans culture is unlike any other city in the United States. In order to understand, we first need to learn about the history of the city. New Orleans was settled by the French in 1718, but the Spanish ruled from 1765 to 1802. In the mid-1700s, the French and Spanish from Europe were joined by many Cajuns. Thrown out of Acadia, which today is present day New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island, by the British, Cajuns ultimately ended up in what is today Louisiana and their culture thrived. The Europeans of New Orleans did not try to conquer the American Indians who lived in the region; instead, the French allowed them to keep their freedom and culture. Also, the Spanish, in an effort to gain support over the French, allowed

Blues for New Orleans: Mardi Gras and America’s Creole Soul by Roger D. Abrahams is a book about the upbringing of the New Orleans Mardi Gras carnival. This is one the most famous carnivals held in New Orleans. The festival Mardi Gras “Fat Tuesday” incorporates “such events as costumed float parades, neighborhood marches or second-lines, street gatherings, informal parties, and formal balls in New Orleans, Biloxi, and Mobile, among other Gulf Coast cities and towns.” (1) The author, Roger D. Abrahams throughout his book, speaks of the carnival from all differ perspectives and compares it to other countries held around the world. He also addresses, how before Hurricane Katrina and afterwards, the Mardi Gras festival and the culture/ tradition

With great cities like Pensacola and New Orleans in this megaregion it is easy for people to find a good place to travel to for business and for leisure. For instance, Mardi Gras is held in New Orleans every year and attracts upwards of a million people every year. In 2017 alone, roughly 47,234 people attended the Mardi Gras King’s Parade according to researchers at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (TheAdviser.com). Overall, 1.4 million people attend the two-week-long event on average every year (CNN.com). Mardi Gras has to do greatly with the Roman Catholic religion and its practices. The religious investment attracts a great amount of people around the country, while just the idea of a two-week long event attracts others. The event is actually a state-wide holiday in Alabama, Florida, and eight parishes in Louisiana (CNN.com). Such a large event can be a great place for local businesses, and even businesses from the surrounding areas or states, to promote their products and services. It also can bring a large amount of revenue for the areas in and around New Orleans, with even some areas in southern Mississippi and Alabama earning some extra revenue through hotels and restaurants when event goers stop by. Such a large event that has to do with Louisiana, Alabama, and Florida, makes people in the state areas surrounding Louisiana have a feeling of connection with one another. This is a major factor in the reasons behind this megaregion including the areas it

I am inquiring about any possible positions you may have available at Camp Red Frog in Chicago. I’ve routinely checked the job postings on the website for around a year, because I wanted to get a head start while I was still in college to see the requirements. Most job postings appeared to require multiple years of experience within the respective field. As a recent graduate from the University of Delaware this spring, I currently do not have the necessary years of experience. However, I am committed to this company for all it has given to me, and was curious if there were any other possible employment possibilities? I noticed on the webpage for job listings it mentions there are internships and temp positions offered as well. I am signed up for job alerts from Red Frog, but have not seen a listing for either of those opportunities. Is there a way I may apply for one of those positions, or are there any openings for fulltime work without the experience requirement? I am hoping to get my foot in the door, and hopefully begin working towards a career with Red Frog.

Parading on the outskirts of Mobile while dressed up as a Chickasaw chief is how one man became an important factor in the history of Mobile, Alabama, in the mid 1800’s. Now, a day set aside for this man, parades with floats, beads, moonpies, and loud music remind Mobilians of their favorite time of the year, Mardi Gras. The carnival celebration of Mardi Gras has played a big role in the history of the southern cities Mobile, Alabama, and New Orleans, Louisiana, but the history that everyone believes about the carnival and the people that have contributed to it is not always as true as it seems.

For people in Texas they get excited for rodeos or a Cowboys football game but, down in Louisiana on Bourbon St they have a 2 week span party called Mardi Gras. From Shrove Tuesday all the way to a day before Ash Wednesday. Each night has a small parade until the last 5-7 days this is when the big parades are. Social clubs like the Krews organize Mardi Gras. Girls who go can win prizes like get thrown mardi gras necklaces from the boys above. For the men their is only one big prize called The REX .

I will use a variety of sources so my information can go in depth. Anyone who will read my research paper will end up becoming an expert in Louisiana’s Mardi Gras traditions. Mardi Gras developed into a festival for everyone to come together and have the time of their lives. I hope to be able to share what I have found over the past few weeks with my audience and the people who read this. If someone who knew nothing about Mardi Gras was to read my paper than I hope they end up knowing everything about Carnival, its foods, colors, festivities, etc. This research paper has enough information to to teach anyone about the meaning of Mardi Gras and its traditions that

Mardi Gras falls on a Tuesday (Fat Tuesday). For an entire month before the Catholic holiday of Ash Wednesday, the entire state of Louisiana is in carnival mode, and there is no mistaking when this special time of the year begins in New Orleans. During carnival, the faint but rhythmic sound of marching bands in the distance seems to be almost constant. Parades both big and small fill the streets almost every day. Walk by any local bakery and you’re almost guaranteed to catch a cinnamon whiff of the traditional King Cakes that true NOLA residents only eat during carnival. Homes and other buildings all around the city are decked out in purple, yellow, and green, and the

My Family and I were at home eating dinner. After dinner I told my mom that I had left something on top of the mountain, so she said “‘go up to get it Mary. But she didn’t want me to go alone so I went to go see if my friend was home but he wasn’t so I disobeyed my moms rules and went up by myself anyway. And it was starting to get dark so I had to get the base fast but I couldn’t find it. Now it was really dark and 2 hours had already passed and I couldn't my way off the mountain because it was so dark. And with my luck my phone died so I couldn’t call anyone for help, so I just started walking and walking after a little bit I realized I was getting nowhere so again I walked eventually I just fell and went to