Abasho ukuthi " laissez les bon temps roulez " ("ake izikhathi ezinhle zivule ") lutho eLouanaana. Abantu lapha banezikhathi ezinhle zokubhaka kwi-DNA yabo. Imikhosi iyinhlangano enkulu yokuzijabulisa futhi izivakashi zingakwazi ukujoyina ngqo emikhosini enobungane njengomndeni njenge-Shreveport's Mudbug Madness, isibonelo, lapho uzothola khona imincintiswano yokudla kanye nomculo omnandi. Ngisho nomkhosi omkhulu wabo bonke-iMardi Gras eNew Orleans- kungaba umcimbi omuhle kwabahambi bomndeni.
Kungani Kufanele Uvakashele I-Louisiana Ngezingane
Amasiko. Ifa eliyingqayizivele laseCajunana laseLouanaana linikeza amathuba amaningi okuthola ulwazi lwezamasiko elicebisa. Lokhu kulula kakhulu ukuthola eNew Orleans nase nje kuphela eNew Orleans e- "Acadiana," noma eCanjun Country , enomlando wayo othakazelisayo, umculo omnandi, nokudla okumnandi. Yebo, ufuna iholide ukuba ujabule, kodwa ibhonasi enhle lapho izingane kanye nabantu abadala befunda into noma amabili mayelana nesiko lendawo.
Ukungabi naso. Ngokuvamile, eLouisana iyindawo engabizi. Ngisho naseNew Orleans, amahhotela anenani eliphansi kakhulu eliqhathaniswa namanye amadolobha afana nawo wonke amazwe.
Izikhathi Ezinhle Ukuvakashela eLouanda
Imindeni enezingane zabo ezingabanjwanga ohlelweni lwesikole, izinkathi zonyaka ka-Ephreli no-Okthoba ziyizikhathi eziyinhloko zokuvakashelwa, ngenxa yesimo sezulu esiphezulu kanye nemikhosi egcwele. Imindeni enezingane esikoleni, ukuphumula kwentwasahlobo kanye noKhisimusi nakho ngokuvamile kunikeza amazinga okushisa anomqondo.
Ngezinyanga zasehlobo, isimo sezulu esishisayo nesimanzi singakhululekile kakhulu, ikakhulukazi izivakashi ezivela eNyakatho ezingasetshenziselwa ukushisa kuma-90s nangaphezulu. Amasu angase afake ukuhlela ukubuka indawo yangaphakathi ngesikhathi sokushisa kosuku noma mhlawumbe ukuvakasha emotweni enomoya.
Isikhathi seholide singaba yisikhathi esibucayi sokuvakashela, njengoba izindawo zaseLouisana zibeka u-Christmas wabo.
E-New Orleans, uKhisimusi yisenzakalo esiphezulu senyanga ngokugaya eJackson Square, amakhonsathi eSt. Louis Cathedral, naseReveillon Dinners ezindaweni eziningi zokudlela. I-Steamboat Natchez inikeza ama-croise ahambayo namaqembu e-choral kanye nama-choir aphezulu esikoleni. I-City Park inokuvakasha kokushayela kwe-holiday extravaganza, ngokuhamba ngokuzijabulisa nokuzijabulisa. Ngomhlaka-24 Disemba, amabhonasi avuliwe eMfuleni iMississippi ukusiza ukuhola uPaul Noel.
Kwesinye indawo eLouisana, i-Opelousas inokukhanyisa kweLe Vieux Village ngasekuqaleni kukaDisemba, kufaka phakathi izikhukhula nokufika kukaSanta Claus. Idolobha lase-Arnaudville linomkhosi waminyaka yonke weLe Feu et l'Eau (Fire and Water), kubonisa abaculi bendawo nabaculi bendawo.
Okufanele Ukwazi Ngokuvakashelwa eNew Orleans
Inothi mayelana neMardi Gras: I- Mardi Gras eNew Orleans idume ngokuba yinkampani yasendle, kodwa imindeni iyakwazi ukujabulela imidwebo yama-Mardi Gras. Izivakashi zidinga ukugwema izindawo ezimbalwa lapho izivakashi zihamba khona. Yazi futhi ukuthi amanye amadolobha aseLouisana anemikhosi emnandi kakhulu neyodwa ehlukile yeMardi Gras izingane ezizozijabulela.
Inothi mayelana noKatrina: Nakuba izindawo eziyinhloko zezokuvakasha zaseNew Orleans ziye zavela esibhubhisini esibi kakhulu ngo-2005, ukuvuselelwa kusakapheli ezindaweni ezihlwempu eminyakeni eyishumi kamuva.
Imindeni enezingane ezindala ingase ifune ukuthatha uhambo ukuze ifunde ngomonakalo wesikhukhula nokuthi idolobha lithatha kanjani izinyathelo zokuzivikela esikhathini esizayo.
- Ehlelwe nguSuzanne Rowan Kelleher