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Depiction of Baron Samedi on the side of a building in New Orleans Cross of Baron La Croix. Baron Samedi (English: Baron Saturday), also written Baron Samdi, Bawon Samedi or Bawon Sanmdi, is one of the lwa of Haitian Vodou. He is a lwa of the dead, along with Baron's numerous other incarnations Baron Cimetière, Baron La Croix and Baron Criminel.
The rougarou legend has been spread for many generations, either directly from French settlers to Louisiana (New France) or via the French Canadian immigrants centuries ago. In the Creole and Cajun legends, the creature is said to prowl the swamps around Acadiana and Greater New Orleans, and the sugar cane fields and woodlands of the regions.
Her shop, Aart Accent Tattoos & Body Piercing, is Louisiana's oldest continuous tattoo business. [4] At the time of its opening, she was one of only five practicing female tattoo artists in the United States, and the only woman doing tattooing in New Orleans. [2] In 2011, she was honored as a Pioneer of Female Tattoo Artists. [5]
Jacci Gresham, 71, has been running her tattoo shop in the heart of New Orleans for nearly fifty years -- and has no plans of slowing down. 71-year-old female tattoo artist, Jacci Gresham, has ...
The term Octoroon is used for people in New Orleans in the nineteenth century that were 1/8 Black and 7/8 white. These octoroons were known as Creoles of color. Relationships between octoroons and elite Creoles of New Orleans were prohibited, but young men commonly had strong attractions to octoroon women because of their beauty. Because of ...
"Grunches" is a legend in New Orleans that gets its name from a lovers' lane called Grunch Road, between the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] The road was said to be inhabited by creatures called "grunches", similar in appearance to the Chupacabra.
Trump’s pick for Secretary of Defense has spoken out against claims that his tattoos are symbols of white supremacy, calling the criticism “anti-Christian bigotry.”. Pete Hegseth, a longtime ...
One thing both sets of people have in common? Fifty years later, they still LOVE their ink ! Click through to see a seriously awesome grandpa with 130 tattoos -- proving they only get better with age: