New Orleans stands out from conservative US backgrounds as the defender of all rights, talents and irreverence. Once French, forever Frenchified, the city of jazz inspires new contagious rhythms, the fusion of ethnicities, cultures, styles and flavors.
New Orleans is the birthplace of jazz and jazz sounds and resonates in its streets. As expected, in such a creative city, new styles and irreverent acts emerge. Visiting the Big Easy, we ventured out to discover Bounce hip hop.
During their incursion up Mississippi, the French detected a red stick that separated the territories of two native nations. From this expedition of 1723 to here, the European nations that dominated these parts followed. As history progressed, Baton Rouge became the political core of the 18th state in the United States.
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
New Orleans is the birthplace of jazz and jazz sounds and resonates in its streets. As expected, in such a creative city, jazz set the tone for new styles and irreverent acts. When visiting the Big Easy, we have the privilege of enjoying a little of everything.
For some reason the indigenous people called it “long river”. At one point, the Atchafalaya spills out into a swamp made up of canal-connected lagoons dotted with cypress, oak and tupelo trees. We explored it, between Lafayette and Morgan, Louisiana, on the way to its mouth on the Gulf of Mexico.
Situated at the end of the Atchafalaya River's path to the Gulf of Mexico, Morgan City was gifted with an abundance of shellfish and black gold. It even hosts a festival that celebrates them simultaneously. Despite starring in the paranormal series “Ghosts of Morgan City”, this city of Cajun culture is down-to-earth and prolific.
St. Francisville, Louisiana, United States
West Feliciana stretches along the Bayou State that was once home to the largest port on the Mississippi River and naturalist John Audubon. In and around Francisville, the area preserves 150 buildings built by wealthy cotton farmers before the American Civil War. Many of them are said to be home to ghosts.
A French colonist settled on the flooded banks of the Atchafalaya River, when it was still under alternating French and Spanish control. In Franklin, we are impressed by the historical and architectural heritage created by the owners of sugar cane plantations and the slaves who worked them.