Mardi Gras

Reading Robbins, Global Problems and the Culture of Capitalism, Chapter 2 Labor, and watching the Mardi Gras: Made In China documentary delivered two contrasting emotions. When reading, it’s just like I’m reading for understanding, but when I watch what I’ve read about it put things into perspective. When reading two points that Robbins made really stood out to me in both the chapter, and the documentary, and they are discipline/control and labor. In Chapter 2 Labor one of Robbins subtitles

In 2008, I was given an opportunity to learn about a whole new culture. My family had recently moved from India,and we were new to the American concepts. The Mardi Gras Parade was approaching. My uncle decided that it would be a great idea for our whole family to go see the parade to get settled in America. My family and I were greatly thrilled and accepted the offer without hesitation. The parade starting time was around 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. We had arrived early to tour the Downtown of Minden, Louisiana

festivals in Louisiana always either include food or base themselves on food. Louisiana has a crawfish festival, po-boy festival, shrimp festival, gumbo cook-offs throughout the year, and more. Louisiana even has its own holiday known as “Mardi Gras,”

“New Orleans is unlike any city in America. Its cultural diversity is woven into the food, the music, the architecture – even the local superstisions. It’s a sensory experience on all levels and there’s a story lukring around every corner.” –Ruta Sepetys The city of New Orleans, Louisiana is a very different and special place. The population is about 390,000 based on the 2014 census. The city was named after the Regent to Louis XV, the Duke of Orleans in the early 1700s. It was established by

Analysis of Dennis Hopper's Easy Rider The movie “Easy Rider” revolves around two bikers making a trip from Los Angeles to New Orleans, to attend Mardi Gras. The first scene in the film involves the two main characters selling a good amount of cocaine to a man in Rolls Royce. After the drug deal the bikers begin their journey to Mardi Gras, but not before one of them removes his watch and throws it on the ground. I found this indicative of his pursuit of freedom, because time serves only to constrain

Mexico. Nicknamed the "Big Easy," it's known for its round-the-clock nightlife, vibrant live-music scene and spicy, singular cuisine reflecting its history as a melting pot of French, African and American cultures. Embodying its festive spirit is Mardi Gras, the late-winter carnival famed for raucous costumed parades and street parties. The city is named after the Duke of Orleans, who reigned as Regent for Louis XV from 1715 to 1723, as it was established by French colonists and strongly influenced

different aspects of festivals celebrated in France, Spain, and Britain. As early as the 1560’s, the French brought over the famous festival of Mardi Gras. During the time before Ash Wednesday, French planters in Trinidad celebrated the ridding of their cares by consuming alcohol, going to parties, and paying house-to-house visits. However, the masks used in Mardi Gras were banned during the French Revolution. Similar to the French, Catholic Spaniards also went from house to house singing and serenading

younger naive mind thought it would be all fun: no worries, no stress. I wasn’t terribly wrong though. I had a great mini vacation with everyone crunched up in a car: New Orleans. What a great place to be. The people, environment, noise, weather. Mardi Gras was our destination. I was so excited. People throwing beads at me, catching them, possibly getting hit. I think it’s worth it though. The traffic in New Orleans is absolutely ridiculous. I don’t understand it . Why is there so many cars: everywhere

dictate them when they both snorted lines cocaine Throughout the rest of the movie they smoked a significant amount of marijuana which helped prove their rebelliousness. They spent their time riding their motorcycles to New Orleans to celebrate Mardi Gras. During their travels they picked up a hitchhiker, who was also a freelancer, and dropped him off in a desert community because, similarly to Wyatt and Billy, he too did not want to live in a city and evolve with the rest of America. Later in the

New Orleans is one of the world's most fascinating cities. It's home to truly unique melting pot of culture, food and music. Its jazz and food are some things that attract hundreds of tourists but it has also been the victim to many great natural disasters. But the disasters it’s people have faced never seem to bring them down. In New Orleans jazz is very popular even though it did not originally start in this city.Jazz was first born mainly in New Orleans. This was because things were more freely