#creole
Take my back to #NOLA Not so #Throwbackthursday
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#TBT #EssenceFestival #NewOrleans #BlackPeople #Creole #Seafood #Cajun #Swamp #Alligator #GirlsTrip #GoodTimes #Memories #AfricanPrint #Fashion #AfricanSkirt
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Creole: The world’s largest wooden sailing yacht
Launched 90 years ago, Creole has quite some history. But under the loving stewardship of the Gucci family, this classic schooner still sails like a dream…
Allegra Gucci’s classic sailing yacht Creole has graced the cover of Boat International before — but you may not have realised. The classic image (March 2015, for devoted collectors of this magazine) features a 1955 photograph of Sophia Loren at her most alluring, bound in a shimmering bodice, with this vast schooner in the background. The boat puts up an impressive fight for the viewer’s attention. The extraordinary yacht and the family’s other classic, 18.3 metre Avel, are under the loving stewardship of Allegra, younger daughter of the late Maurizio Gucci — and she is guarding her father’s legacy with skill. She may be the scion of a fashion dynasty, having grown up between residences in New York and St Moritz (where she still resides now with her husband and small child) but she is also a serious sailor with a law degree, who can usually be spotted working on deck during races — or getting her hands dusty at a shipyard when on land.
Read the excellent article here
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Portrait of Free French Creole men by photographer William A. Pratt, pre-Civil War Virginia, late 1850s #victorianchaps #nostalgia #victorian #oldphoto #pastlives #daguerreotype #retro #1850s #portrait #dandy #vintage #Virginia #creole #goodolddays (at Virginia USA)
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Colombian children play in front of a grocery store advertising products in Palenquero
Palenquero is Latin America’s only surviving African-Spanish creole, that is spoken natively as a first language. Its speakers are based in the maroon town of San Basilio de Palenque on the Caribbean coast of Colombia. Palenque is considered to be the first self-liberated settlement of Afro-descendants in South America; founded in the 17th century by Africans seeking refuge from slavery. Although Palenquero employs the lexicon of various African languages, most of the Africans brought to the Caribbean coast of Colombia were from areas of modern-day Congo and Angola, and for this reason over 90% of the creole’s African-based lexicon has it’s origins in the Bantu linguistic family. The language is believed to be the most African-infused creole in the Americas, given it’s long history and isolation from European languages, and for this reason there’s little mutual intelligibility between Spanish and Palenquero speakers.
In the last few decades there has been a language shift from Palenquero to Spanish, and for this reason the number of native speakers has dropped significantly. It is estimated that only about half of the town speaks Palenquero fluently, that 88.7 percent of high school students use Spanish as their first language, and that only 15 percent of those students have frequent access to the Palenquero language outside school. One of the reasons for this shift, is that many Palenqueros traveled outside of their town to work in nearby banana plantations, where they were discriminated and ostracized for speaking their language by Spanish speakers; which until that time they had little to no interaction with. Another reason for the language shift, is due to accessibility with the rest of Colombia through the media.
However, with accessibility to the rest of Colombia via television and radio, also came accessibility to various cultures in Africa. Cultural interactions between Palenque and Africa have strengthened the black pride and consciousness of Palenqueros, which has also given the community an urgency to preserve the language. Many young musicians perform champeta songs in the Palenquero language; champeta is a popular genre of music which mixes Palenquero folklore and West/Central African genres such as soukous and highlife. Palenquero has also been made a mandatory language in schools, and linguists have also created the first dictionary of the language with the help of the towns elders. Recent studies have found a trend in younger generations, welcoming the concept of bilingualism.
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Brennan’s FAMOUS
Gulf Fish Pontchartrain -
Jumbo Lump Crab, J&J Shrimp, Crispy Louisiana Oysters, Parmesan Mushroom Rice, and Creole Butter.
#seafood #gulfcoast #neworleans #houston #creole #chef #culinary #Louisiana #Texas #pontchartrain #crab #shrimp #oysters #houstoninstitution #foodphotography
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THIS SUNDAY!
Make your reservation NOW at the link in my bio. Reservations close today.
This is only the 2nd of the #WestsideAffairDinner series, made out of both necessity for new funds, and the love & excitement of cooking for people, sharing some kitchen magic, and bringing good folks together in a nourishing space.
This one is closer to home & I’m so glad I moved it to after Mardi Gras.
ALSO, if you just wanna support, but can’t make it, you can purchase a gift ticket at the link so someone can eat for free. Cause I always want my folks in the room who have less access to $$.
#WestsideaAffairDinner #DinnerParty #RentParty #CajunFood #Creole #CrawfishEttouffee #MushroomEttouffee #PralineBreadPudding (at The Black Mecca Project)
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To be vulnerable is to also have remarkable strength and self-awareness
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What you know bout Drago’s? ✨ ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・
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I fully expect this to be the one and only post I ever do about Amber Rose.
Occasionally, Amber Rose surfaces in pop-culture as a trending topic. I don’t look into her often, but when I do usually I understand where she’s coming from, if not agree with the point she’s trying to make.
Recently, Kanye West called her into a twitter-fight between himself and Wiz Khalifa–and she shut it down entirely. And as amusing as that is and no matter how much I identify with the things she said and does – there’s one thing about her that bothers me.
Amber Rose has repeatedly denied being a black woman. “Portuguese, Scottish, Italian and Irish“ or more often, “Cape Verdean.”
Yet she clearly appears to have features heavily associated with blackness: full lips, an olive complexion (relatively common in black people), a thick, very curvy body, and a large round butt. The icing on the cake: she has an African mom. She still says, “I’m not black.”
Many of the descriptors she uses for herself are nationalities that do not define her race. It’s as if stating countries which a possess white populations and/or have substantial European influence is a free pass on blackness – As if black people didn’t live in Portugal, Scotland, Ireland or Cape Verde. As if her mom didn’t wasn’t African.
But rest assured: her mother is African and she is brown-skinned.
Cape Verde, where Amber Rose’s mother is from, is an island off the coast of Western Africa. It’s an African Country. Africans have been there since the Portuguese trafficked African (black) slaves from the African continent in 1456.
And because of the heavy European influence and racial mixing in Cape Verde, they’re considered a mixed people – And According to Amber Rose, she views herself as Creole:
“With my family, they feel like they’re more superior or better than an African American because we’re Creole and we have culture and that’s something I battle with most of my life.” (source)
Amber Rose was born and raised in America. Her mother is a brown-skinned (black) African woman, she has a white father (Irish and Italian descent), and because she has light skin, she has people defending her as non-black.
“I do not consider myself a black women, absolutely not. [I consider myself] biracial.”
In the United States (and many other places), any black ancestry easily qualifies a person as black – especially if that person is not white passing and especially if that person has an African mother. Amber Rose is not white passing. Her mother is African. She openly participates in black culture. And still, she hesitates to even use the descriptor “black” in reference to herself. In every interview I’ve found and every quote, she is quick to claim her white ancestry but does not even utter “black” or “African.”
She denies it.
Started the new year off strong by checking out Lil Bit Nola with @jellywhomps ! Delicious Creole/Cajun Oyster and Cocktail bar with a cute vibe. Definitely a strong date spot
#lilbitnola #creole #cajun #happyhour #coctail #friedgreentomatoes #breadpudding #seafoodboil #porkbelly #oysters #goatcheesemashedpotatoes #vbfoodie (at Lil Bit Nola)
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It’s a sad day when the French Quarter is dead, and a huricane is nowhere in sight.
Stay strong NOLA.
M’su Carencro, the Buzzard, was sitting in a tree waiting for something to drop dead so he could feast. It had been days since he had a decent meal. Then out of nowhere came flying in Mangeur de Poulet, the Chicken Hawk. Mangeur de Poulet notices M’su Carencro in his tree and calls out “ Ca Va, mon padnat?” (How’s it goin’, friend?)
M’su Carencro cawed back “Ca va mal! (Not good at all!) I am starving! I been here waiting for something to drop dead for the pas’ couple of days. I just want my supper.”
“And why is that padnat?” says the confident and full of himself Chicken Hawk.”If you are hungry, you just go get it yourself like I do. Why dont’cha just catch you some fresh meat? You have to look out for yourself if you gonna make it in this world, mon ami.” (My friend.)
“Non!“ (No!) said M’su Carencro. “You don’t understand how this works. I have to for somethin’ to drop dead before I can eat it. This is my purpose given to me by le Bon Dieu.” (The Good God)
“Le Bon Dieu? Non! Don’t bother with the Good God. Even if he does exist, what says you that he cares if you eat? You have to look out fo’ yourself like I do. I’ll show you how to take care of yourself and not depen’ on anyone else!” said Mangeur de Poulet.
And with that the Chicken Hawk soared in to the air, doing fancy flips and maneuvers. The Buzzard followed along at a safe distance behind watching in amazement at how agile Mangeur de Poulet was. They soon came upon a wide empty field and noticed some movement down below.
A fat, juicy rabbit was darting below; quick and agile trying to avoid the Chicken Hawk. The Chicken Hawk grew closer to the rabbit and thought that he had him for sure. At the last moment Mangeur de Poulet talons graced the rabbits fur as he dropped in to a den hole near a fence post. Before Mangeur de Poulet could realize what had happened, he hit that pole at full speed.
The Chicken Hawk fell straight dead to the ground. M’su Carencro landed next to him and looked up to the sky. “Merci beaucoup, mon Grand Bon Dieu!” (Good God almighty, thank you!) He then grins and says “Suppertime!”
The Bead Tree, only found in Louisiana and Mississippi during the Carnival months and after; till they disintegrate and fall apart.
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Time to load up on Mardi Gras equipment and hit the streets.
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Missed it by a couple of days, but January 6th marks the Epiphany - the start of Carnival season. It’s also the celebrated birthday of Joan of Arc, so happy 608th.
The statue pictured is Joanie on the Ponie, gifted to the city of New Orleans in 1972 by France. Joan is the Maid of New Orleans, since the city was named after Orleans, the first city she defended and recaptured for the French in the 100 years war.
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It’s a debatable subject, but there is a pretty good chance the term “Dixieland” did originate in New Orleans.
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Driskill Mountain is the tallest “mountain” in Louisiana at 535 feet above sea level. Named for James Christopher Driskill, a man originally from Georgia who brought his 9 children to the area in the 1850′s. Located between Shreveport and Monroe, it’s a popular hiking area and is used for logging as well.
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Above ground family tombs in Louisiana typically held up to 85 family members.
How? When a family member passed they would be interred in the tomb in a wooden casket. They were kept there for one year and one day (the one day due to it being taboo to disturb someone exactly one year after their funeral) and exhumed. The whole purpose for this is to ensure the body went through a New Orleans summer where the tombs can reach 350 degrees easily in the summer heat. When the casket was removed they would either burn the casket or dispose of it after removing the body, taking the remains which have essentially been cremated (though in a Catholic friendly way since fire never touches the body) and placing them in the back of the tomb - mixing them with the remains of the family members who came before.
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Pelt trapper in Louisiana.
Circa 1940s
Fishermen pull up dead and dying oysters in areas affected by the Bonnet Carre Spillway opening
The video in the link was pretty heartbreaking for a local newscast.
Show your love for Sno Balls everywhere you go!
Lost in the Bywater. Keep an eye out.
