THE CULTURE OF NEW ORLEANS

History of New Orleans French settled in 1718 French sold Louisiana to Spain 1762 People of Spanish, French and Indian

descent are called creole

History of New Orleans French got Louisiana back from Spain in

1803 Napoleon promptly sold it to U.S. for $15

million Made by Jefferson, Known as the

Louisiana Purchase

History of New Orleans Battle of New Orleans

Voodoo Island of St. Dominique revolted New Orleans was more lenient with

slaves This created an environment for open

spiritualism

Voodoo Most Africans participated in the ritual Most white were too afraid to interfere

Voodoo today Voodoo was made famous among whites

by Marie Laveau Today voodoo is mostly a tourist

attraction

The Music of New Orleans Jazz started in New Orleans Started with voodoo drums, then was

brought into the church and made more lively

White and black people mixed their music until it became something of their own

The Music of New Orleans People like Buddy Bolden, Sidney Becket,

and Bunk Johnson were among the early jazz pioneers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries

The Music of New Orleans Used musical instruments like the fiddle,

banjo, drum, the cello, and later the trombone

Mardi Gras Mardi Gras, French for Fat Tuesday Big feasting party before the fasting

season of Lent, which is a season of fasting reflection and penance right before Easter Sunday

Mardi Gras 1740’s- Louisiana’s Governor Marquis de

Vaudreuil held lots of masquerade balls 1830’s- New Orleans had parties in the

streets with maskers and horses and carriages

1870’s- The first recorded Mardi Gras

Mardi Gras Since hurricane Katrina, Mardi Gras has

become bigger Not only do the Native Louisianans

participate, but thousands of people from all over come to celebrate as well

The Legend of Storyville Also known as the Red light District A man named Alderman Sidney Story

allowed for legal prostitution in a sectioned off part of the city because it was running rampant everywhere else

The Legend of Storyville The Red light district was very successful

The Legend of Storyville The Blue Book Basically like stats for the prostitutes of

the brothels

The Legend of Storyville A woman named Lulu White ran one of

the most famous brothels at this time Men paid TONS of money for the women

there called “octoroons”

The legend of Storyville Prostitution was once again made illegal

in 1917 Mostly because of the huge outbreak of

syphilis and gonorrhea

Hurricane Katrina Happened in August of 2005 Affected a few southern states, but hit

Louisiana the hardest About 80% of New Orleans was under

water, 20ft deep in some places

Hurricane Katrina The effects were devastating, thousands

of people had to leave their homes The final death toll was 1,836, with 705

people still missing

Hurricane Katrina

Rebuilding After Disaster Took WAY too long for the government to

step in The cost for damages was about $81

billion Then Times-Picayune said “ New Orleans

will forever exist as two cities: the one that existed before that date, and the one after”

Rebuilding After Disaster

New Orleans Today Many parts of New Orleans are still ghost

towns A lot of money was given to businesses Many of the art works were saved and

are now in Museums, so there is stilla lot of tourist attraction down there.

New Orleans Today Schools are much better than they were

before Big film industry Large music economy

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