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The Quarter:
New Orleans was founded in 1718 by Jean Baptiste Le Moyne, sieur de Bienville, and named for the regent of France, Philippe II, duc d'Orleans. It was a French colony until 1763 until it was transferred to the Spanish. However, in 1800, Spain returned it back to France. In 1803, New Orleans, as part of a little known transaction called the Louisiana Purchase, was sold by Napoleon I to the United States. It was the site of the Battle of New Orleans (1815) in the War of 1812.
The French Quarter is the only French Colonial and Spanish settlement left in the United States. It has been a continuous neighborhood since 1718. The quarter was designed as a French military-style city street plan, making New Orleans one of the first planned cities in America.
Voodoo:
The Laffer Curve suggests that, as taxes increase from low levels, tax revenue collected by the government also increases. It also shows that tax rates increasing after a certain point (T*) would cause people not to work as hard or not at all, thereby reducing tax revenue. President George HW Bush in 1980 referred to the Laffer Curve as "Voodoo Economics."
Well, we are not talking about supply-side economic theory here, just the real thing...Voodoo, baby, voodoo.
Voodoo and Hoodoo are taken very seriously in New Orleans. Voodoo and Hoodoo museums abound in the French Quarter and we recommend that you do stop in and check them out.
Opinions can differ about Voodoo and Hoodoo but basically, Voodoo can be defined as an organized religion combining elements of African Vodun and Roman Catholicism. Hoodoo on the other hand is folkloric magic comprised of handed-down traditions practiced primarily in Louisiana, sometimes referred to as 'New Orleans-style' Voodoo.
The most famous Voodoo queen is Marie Laveau. Born in 1794, She was the daughter of Charles Laveau, a wealthy white planter, and Darcantel Marguerite, a slave. She spent most of her life in New Orleans. Laveau was a free woman of color with African, Indian, French, and Spanish blood. She is known as the most famous and powerful Voodoo queen in the world. In fact, she named herself the "Pope of Voodoo." She was highly respected and equally feared. She was feared by the Catholic Church, where she attended mass every day. The church leaders gave her permission to hold rituals behind the church. Little of her history is documented as fact and is passed down from generations.
After a day in the Voodoo museums...stop in at the Central Grocery for a Muffaletta. Later, head across the river to see how the Mardi Gras floats are made... (Hits: 1324)
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