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The NBA team formerly known as the New Orleans Hornets filed for several new name trademarks among which was the Rougarous. [5] Boxer Regis Prograis (of Creole descent) goes by the nickname Rougarou. [6] The rougarou is incorporated into the story of an episode of the American television show NCIS: New Orleans.
Papa Legba is a lwa, or loa, in West African Vodun and its diasporic derivatives (Dominican Republic Vudú, Haitian Vodou, Louisiana Voodoo, and Winti), who serves as the intermediary between God and humanity.
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.
A drummer in a Vodou ceremony in Brooklyn, New York City during the early 1980s. Possession by the lwa constitutes an important element of Vodou. [68] It lies the heart of many of its rituals; [8] these typically take place in a temple called an ounfò, [69] specifically in a room termed the peristil or peristyle. [70]
Acionna was a Gallo-Roman water goddess, attested in the Orléanais region.. In 1822, Jean-Baptiste Jollois, one of the founding fathers of archaeology in the region, carried out excavations on the so-called "fontaine de l'Étuvée", an ancient water-source which he artificially drained to rediscover if it could still supply the town's public water fountains.
According to legend, Jacques St. Germain moved to New Orleans from France in 1902. He claimed to be a descendant of the Count of St. Germain.St. Germain earned a reputation for entertaining New Orleans' aristocracy with luxurious dinner parties, [1] although he never partook of the food served. [2]
"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.
The culture of New Orleans is unique among, and distinct from, that of other cities in the United States, including other Southern cities. New Orleans has been called the "northernmost Caribbean city" [1] and "perhaps the most hedonistic city in the United States". [2] Over the years, New Orleans has had a dominant influence on American and ...