Mardi Gras

of Christmas on the Coosa, Santa Clause skis across the water with fireworks in the background. In 2009, Wetumpka’s first Mardi Gras Parade was held at Gold Star Park. During these events, the covered picnic area turns into a stage for live music, and local vendors sell hot dogs, cotton candy, and soda. Gold Star hosts events for Christmas on the Coosa, Fourth of July, Mardi Gras, Flag Day, and Arbor…

Bourbon Street is definitely known for being the party spot of New Orleans. Students plan their spring break vacations to Bourbon Street because of its reputation as being party central. Husbands-to-be plan their bachelor parties on Bourbon Street because of the sinful gentleman’s clubs that can cater to their every desire before the big “I do.” At a glance, Bourbon Street can look like one college party, but if the observer looks closer subtle cultural influences begin to stand out among the…

The two movies, “The Whole Gritty City”, and,” Ballou Majestic Knights Documentary” were both movies based on marching bands. They were both expansions on what went on while they were occupied in the band, and what struggles citizens had to go through everyday. Many of the people were faced with social situations, or home and environmental situations. The poverty exchanges in all of the bands, and how the bands were socially developed in different types of ways. The two movies were personally…

New Orleans is a melting pot of culture or as the people from New Orleans probably refer to it: a gumbo. Many of their cultural influences come from their deep-rooted history. New Orleans, founded by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, became a cultural gumbo from the fact that the Louisiana Territory swapped hands many times before it came to rest in the hands of the Americans. The French sent most of their undesirables like prostitutes, thieves, and an assortment of other criminals to inhabit…

people on floats start celebrating. Everything going on around new tourist would be something completely new and surprising. The reason they would be surprised is because Mardi Gras happens almost exclusively in New Orleans, and although it may not seem like it in any way shape or form, has religious influences. The first day of Mardi Gras is January sixth, but that date is also the Twelfth Night, a Christian holiday that comes twelve days after Christmas. The twelve days are a time for people…

have to look at different countries to see a difference in different cultures though. It can be taken from Essentials of Sociology where Helslin (2014) talks about a party that happens in New Orleans, Louisiana every year; this party is called Mardi Gras. During this time of the year, many social norms are set aside. Public nudity is brushed aside, open drunkenness is overlooked, and currency exchange in the form of beads for flashes of women’s breasts, are all normal for these two weeks.…

was the Carnival. The Carnival has been celebrated since the foundation of the city. Integrated into the theme of Carnival is the celebration of Mardi Gras which marks the end of Carnival season. Carnival lasts from the Twelfth Night until Mardi Gras. Carnival was celebrated loudly by the entire population of New Orleans. During the 18the century, Mardi Gras in New Orleans was the occasion for masked balls and parades. Carnival is celebrated by people all over the country who travel to New…

For this forum I will select my city law enforcement agency which is the New Orleans Police Department or better known as the N.O.P.D.. The history of the N.O.P.D. Dates back all the way to the 1790 's and even though during that time the agency had a different name (Guard Deville or City Watch) it was created by the Spanish Colonial Governor Baron de Carondelet due to the high crime level, and to help the military fight against crime (Sinclair). The N.O.P.D. Started very small by 1817 it only…

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It has been 100 Years since WW1. How far have we come? Today, I will be talking about Gay rights. For many centuries, Gay people have been deprived of the rights they feel they deserve. They believed that they deserved what everyone else deserves… Happiness and Freedom. I believe that whatever we got, should have been given to them. The same opportunities we got. We all breathe the same way. We all get sick. So… Why should who we like define us? On 27 August, 1975, South Australia became the…