Mardi Gras Research Paper

The Krewe of Centaur Mardi Gras Parade was organized in 1991, by the common goals of building a better community and the pursuit of good family fun. It’s the largest parade in the Ark-La-Tex area. It takes place 10 days before Fat Tuesdays. The Aseana spring festival is a festival of different Asian culture in the country. Each year the festival celebrates one Asian culture in particular and this year on April 2nd Shreveport celebrated the Laotian culture.

A morning parade, followed by a salute by the Concord Minutemen and an open house at the Meriam house, got the events started. Later in the afternoon, the town of Lincoln coordinates the Paul Revere capture along the Battle Road in the park. This year, a theater in the field brought back those involved in the creation of “The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere” to life near where Revere was captured. April 15th kicked off with Tough Ruck, where over one thousand National Guard members ran and walked 26.2 miles, emulating the distance of the Boston Marathon from the North Bridge and along the Battle Road Battlefield. Members of Captain David Brown 's Company presented a volley musket fire to the participants as they crossed over North Bridge to begin their annual ruck, which is sanctioned by the Boston Athletic Association as official marathon event.

Under the Commodore Esek Hopkins, Jones was honored to raise the grand union flag on a journey to the Bahamas. Not too long after, John Paul Jones was handed command over the sloop, ‘Providence’. Starting in 1776, Jones took the ‘Providence’ on a six week voyage through the Atlantic Ocean sailing from Bermuda to Nova Scotia. Along the six week voyage, Jones managed to capture 16 British Vessels. In between voyages, Jones established a close friendship with Benjamin

Hughes wrote this brief poem in fifteen minutes in July, 1920, while crossing the Mississippi on a train ride to visit his father in Mexico. The poem connects four great rivers in the Middle East, Africa, and America. His purpose was to show the movement of the Negro through time. One of the hallmarks of his poetry is the ability of writing a small, brief poem and still have multiple meanings behind it. It wasn 't always what hughes has written for us in his poetry, but what we take away from the poem.

Our date winds up in the most delightful way possible: the “down home” way. Strolling hand in hand through the fairground, we play games, trying to knock over milk bottles with balls and then climb a wobbly rope ladder to the top to win a huge lime green stuffed dog, but we can’t win a thing. Little children buzz around us like fireflies with clouds of cotton candy in their fists and bags of popcorn as big as they are. Eventually the sun sinks and the lights come on, and as the air cools, the fair sparkles like a mini-Manhattan. As we wander our wonderland, we share a funnel cake, hot and sweet.

This meaningful poem was written on a train ride to Mexico, where he passed the Mississippi river. It’s about the future and of the past. The Mississippi river inspired him, and it reminded him of slavery in America. He saw the beauty in the river and all the challenges it has had. He began to think about what this muddy river meant for the Negro people, how the history was once made to this river.

A community pool was named after Evers. A statue made in Jackson, Mississippi was built for him. The town also named an airport after him, “Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport.” As for what Myrlie did in her time, she became an activist of the NAACP. She spent 3 decades trying to bring justice for poor Medgar Evers. Evers oldest brother Charles became the field secretary in honor of his brother.

As a way to kick off Labor Day weekend, the first ever Bridge Bash took place in Delphi Saturday. The historic Gray Bridge at Canal Park served as a Craft Ale Biergarten where adults were able to taste different craft ales. The cost to attend was $20 which included a glass for tasting samples. A scoreboard on the bridge kept track of the ratings of a dozen different craft ales that were offered to those who attended. The fundraising event was put on by the Wabash and Erie Canal Association.

Thus increasing the capacity of f participants. It was also during the 90’s that the festival started to expand in the city, its starts to include music’s such as hip-hop, Free outdoor concerts are starting to grow, and it was during that period that the Montreux Jazz Café was created. In 1999 the festival reached the record of 220 thousand Visitors. In the First Decade of the 21st century, the festival continued to grow at a steady rate, Welcoming artists such as; Prince (, who sold a record 4000 tickets in just ten minutes ten days before the start of the event), in 2008 the “Fondation Montreux Jazz” is crate as a Cultural exchange medium between artists from various background, or even people just interested in Jazz. It is responsible of organizing most competition that are open to the public.

Origin of carnivals in the world Examples of carnivals that are famous : Mardi Gras, Venice, and Rio Carnival Brief explanation about Fasching in Germany (Niekerez 649) Thesis Statement: Fasching is a piece of world culture like religion that differs throughout history and keeps people together. BODY: Current Fasching celebration Topic sentence: Likewise the other famous celebration such as Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Fasching is a traditional festivity in which people join parades, dress up and paint their faces. However, Fasching is more than a carnival, it is the fifth season in Germany. Time Fasching officially begins on 11 November at 11:11. Why number 11?