Folklife
Bras Coupé
A self-emancipated maroon who lived in the swamps surrounding New Orleans during the 1830s, Bras Coupé has developed a powerful folkloric following.
A self-emancipated maroon who lived in the swamps surrounding New Orleans during the 1830s, Bras Coupé has developed a powerful folkloric following.
Recipes for this baked dessert can turn stale bread into a delicious treat.
Stale loaves of bread get a sweet rebirth in this popular baked dessert.
Artist and designer Bror Wikstrom was active in New Orleans from 1883 to 1909 and was particularly well-known in the city for designing Carnival pageants.
Declared locally extinct in 1963, the brown pelican population rebounded in the state due to efforts by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.
The Butler Greenwood plantation house is built in the Gothic Revival style, popular in the St. Francisville area.
A Connecticut native, C. R. Parker was working as an artist in Louisiana, where he received a commission for several large portraits for the state capitol.
The Cabildo, one of three eighteenth-century structures that anchor New Orleans's Jackson Square, stands as a visual monument to Spanish rule in Louisiana.
This historic building in New Orleans has played an important role in Louisiana’s government and is now a museum.
Cajun folklife is a field of study that describes, catalogs, and deciphers meaning within the vernacular culture of Acadian refugees who settled in Louisiana.
Cajun music is a genre that arose in southwestern Louisiana from the Francophone folk music traditions of the Acadians.
Louisiana’s Cajun music has been influenced by a rich blend of musical traditions.
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