CP #3
For this discussion we talked on Friday, August 21. The
reason our discussions were so sporadic was because of our respective work schedules,
but for this session we were able to meet up on Friday. For this meeting, we
talked about our favorite festivals and I mentioned the different celebrations
that I wanted to see in New Orleans. Primarily Mardi Gras. Moctar didn’t know
what Mardi Gras was or what it was in honor of – and I honestly didn’t know
either – so we wound up researching some of the history surrounding the festival.
We found out that the festival itself has roots in Catholicism and French
history. Because Louisiana was a French colony, France invested much of their
cultural celebrations into the newfound colony and many of these celebrations
and cultural landmarks – language, architecture, practices, culture, art, etc –
are still visible today. It’s really incredible and Moctar appeared to
enjoy some of the videos that we found about the celebrations. I enjoyed looking
for them, too.
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