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Mixed Race French Speaking
1,354 wordsWhat is a Creole? The word Creole means many things to many people. It derives from the Latin word Creare, meaning to beget or create. The Webster dictionary says a Creole is a white person descended from the French or Spanish settlers of Louisiana and the Gulf States and preserving their characteristic speech and culture. Creoles, a term first used in the 16 th century in Latin America to distinguish the offspring of European settlers from Native Americans, blacks, and later immigrant groups. I...
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Drowned In Barbecue Sauce Piles Of Rib Tips Pier
348 wordsOn a crowded Friday night, I found a lively spot with sweet smells and even sweeter sounds. Joe's Be-Bop Caf, located on Navy Pier at 600 E. Grande, is a Cajun, jazz-inspired restaurant whose atmosphere separated itself from the noisy shuffle of the pier. Upon entering the restaurant, I saw murals and collages on the walls that had a ' 50 s and ' 60 s style, and pictures of every jazz musician you can think of. The Skinny Williams Band was belting out fabulous music, while he crossed the room, g...
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Black Men Black Man
631 wordsA Gathering of Old Men begins with a child narrator who relates the report that there has been a shooting on a Louisiana plantation, and a white, Cajun farmer, Beau Boutan, is dead. He has been killed in the yard of an old, black worker, Mathu. Because of the conflict between Cajuns and blacks in South Louisiana, the tension in the situation and the fear of the black people is immediately felt. The Cajuns were the greatest competitor of the black people in Louisiana, but the Cajuns had the advan...
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Cajun Food And Culture
922 words"Cajun" and "Creole" cuisine is native to the "Bayou" country in the State of Louisiana. Creole cuisine was the creation of the French and Spanish settlers and their Black servants, and it is perhaps the best characterized by the sauces. Creole sauces are creamy and full-flavored with the rich use of herbs and spices. Cajun cooking is, generally speaking, a countrified version of Creole cuisine. It tends to be more robust and hot-pepper than its casino. It took several generations for the emergi...
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First Wife L S
1,510 wordsAbsolute Blue. George Rodrigue is a very successful artist and one of the most vivid characters of the modern American Art. His works are famous all around the world, they are present in the private Art collections of politicians (Clinton, Bush, Reagan), artists, actors (Paul Newman, Whoopi Goldberg) and other celebrities, his prints and poster are the worlds most popular and collected and his images are the symbols of such companies, as Xerox and Young & Rubicam. George Rodrigue George Rodrigue...
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Rhythm And Blues Rock And Roll
2,300 wordsPaul Whiteman (1890 - 1967) = a classically trained violinist and violist who adored jazz but lacked the gift to emulate the uninhibited improvisations of the jazz musicians he admired, formed a dance band in the early twenties that played jazzy arrangements of popular and even classical melodies. Blues = a black vocal folk music, began as vocal (largely instrumental). Classical blues = based on 3 lines of text. Wild wame don? t do the blues. Urban Blues = blues pieces written for publication an...
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