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Author : Reid MITCHELL
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 48,18 MB
Release : 2009-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 0674041178
In this study, Reid Mitchell takes the reader to Mardi Gras - a yearly ritual that sweeps the multicultural city of New Orleans into a frenzy of parades, pageantry, dance, drunkenness, music, sexual display, and social and political bombast.
Author : Melissa Thibault
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 17,2 MB
Release : 2021-10-11
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1455626414
Repetition, alliteration, and visual humor abound in this Mardi Gras themed riff on the iconic holiday song, perfect for emerging readers and early counters. As each day of the Mardi Gras season passes, a gift is given. Each of the many, many, many gifts is familiar to those who embrace the season's traditions. Coming in twos, twelves, fives and fours, the gifts include majestic masks, floats a rolling, golden shoes, and cherished cups. Colorful illustrations provide lots of additional hijinks and engagement in this soon-to-be-classic holiday tale!
Author : Karen Celestan
Publisher : LSU Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 14,30 MB
Release : 2018-02-26
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0807168831
In this pivotal book, the captivating and kinetic images of noted photographer Eric Waters are paired with a collection of insightful essays by preeminent authors and cultural leaders to offer the first complete look at the Social, Aid and Pleasure Club (SAPC) parade culture in New Or-leans. Ranging from ideological approaches to the contributions of musicians, development of specific rituals by various clubs, and parade accessories such as elaborately decorated fans and sashes, Freedom’s Dance provides an unparalleled photographic and textual overview of the SAPC Second Line, tracking its origins in African traditions and subsequent development in black New Orleans culture. Karen Celestan’s vibrant narrative is supplemented with interviews of longtime culture-bearers such as Oliver “Squirk” Hunter, Lois Andrews (mother of Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews and James Andrews), Fred Johnson, Gregory Davis, and Lionel Batiste, while interdisciplinary essays by leading scholars detail the rituals, historic perspective, and purpose of the Second Line. Freedom’s Dance defines this unique pub-lic-private phenomenon and captures every aspect of the Second Line, from SAPC members’ rollicking introductions at their annual parade to a funeral procession on its way to the crypt. Visually dazzling and critically important, Freedom’s Dance serves as both a celebration and a deep exploration of this understudied but immediately recognizable aspect of the African American tradition in the Big Easy.
Author : Dianne De Las Casas
Publisher : Pelican Publishing
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 11,58 MB
Release : 2012
Category :
ISBN : 1455616680
Dinosaurs parade down the streets of New Orleans during the Mardi Gras carnival. Includes glossary and related craft activity.
Author : Fatima Shaik
Publisher : Dial Books
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 32,25 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
Two children participating in the traditional Mardi Gras celebration see such sights as the Zulu and Rex parades, enjoying the songs, bright costumes, and gigantic floats.
Author : Rice, James
Publisher : Pelican Publishing
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 27,54 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Alligators
ISBN : 9781455604722
Gaston the alligator is invited to Mardi Gras in New Orleans.
Author : Elizabeth Moore, Alice Couvillon, Marilyn Rougelot
Publisher : Pelican Publishing
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 30,40 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Carnival
ISBN : 9781455608898
Mimi and her parents enjoy the color and excitement of Mardi Gras in New Orleans and observe many traditional aspects of the celebration.
Author : Leslie A. Wade
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 14,65 MB
Release : 2019-08-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1496823818
After Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and the surrounding region in 2005, the city debated whether to press on with Mardi Gras or cancel the parades. Ultimately, they decided to proceed. New Orleans’s recovery certainly has resulted from a complex of factors, but the city’s unique cultural life—perhaps its greatest capital—has been instrumental in bringing the city back from the brink of extinction. Voicing a civic fervor, local writer Chris Rose spoke for the importance of Carnival when he argued to carry on with the celebration of Mardi Gras following Katrina: “We are still New Orleans. We are the soul of America. We embody the triumph of the human spirit. Hell, we ARE Mardi Gras." Since 2006, a number of new Mardi Gras practices have gained prominence. The new parade organizations or krewes, as they are called, interpret and revise the city’s Carnival traditions but bring innovative practices to Mardi Gras. The history of each parade reveals the convergence of race, class, age, and gender dynamics in these new Carnival organizations. Downtown Mardi Gras: New Carnival Practices in Post-Katrina New Orleans examines six unique, offbeat, Downtown celebrations. Using ethnography, folklore, cultural studies, and performance studies, the authors analyze new Mardi Gras’s connection to traditional Mardi Gras. The narrative of each krewe’s development is fascinating and unique, illustrating participants’ shared desire to contribute to New Orleans’s rich and vibrant culture.
Author : Juan Pardo (Mardi Gras Indian)
Publisher : Pelican Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 26,7 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Brothers
ISBN : 9781455624393
Jason is frightened by his big brother's stories about the masked figures they will see in the Mardi Gras parade, but after seeing them for himself, Jason learns they are fun.
Author : Carolyn Kolb
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 14,77 MB
Release : 2013-09-18
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1628469935
Carolyn Kolb provides a delightful and detailed look into the heart of her city, New Orleans. She is a former Times-Picayune reporter and current columnist for New Orleans Magazine, where versions of these essays appeared as “Chronicles of Recent History.” Kolb takes her readers, both those who live in New Orleans and those who love it as visitors, on a virtual tour of her favorite people and places. Divided into sections on food, Mardi Gras, literature, and music, these short essays can be read in one gulp or devoured slowly over time. Either way, the reader will find a welcome companion and guide in Kolb. In bringing her stories up to date, Kolb's writings reflect an ongoing pattern of life in her fascinating city. Since the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, some of these things remembered will never return. Some of the people whose stories Kolb tells are no longer with us. It is important to her, and to us, that they are not forgotten. Kolb, and her readers, can honor them by sharing and enjoying their stories. As Kolb says, “When things fail, when the lights go out and the roof caves in and the water rises, all that remains, ultimately, is the story.” This collection of such stories was made with love.