New Orleans

The place of voodoo and partying; New Orleans is a place that everyone should visit at least once in their lives. New Orleans is a place of large history and several cultures, there is a lot to see there. New Orleans was founded in 1718 by a French company which inspires much of designs of the building and streets. Savary was very popular in the south and when the Africans brought their cultural they brought the voodoo beliefs with them and the belief is still strongly used and is one of the things that makes so New Orleans popular with tourism. New Orleans is host several parades and festivals throughout the year; my personal favorite being the Voodoo Fest, Krewe of Boo, and Mardi Gras.

Voodoo Fest is one giant concert with several bands playing on stages that match their genre of music throughout the designated location; I went when I was in 6th grade and I saw the Foo Fighters, The Dirty Bourbon River Show and AWOLNATION perform. Several people were drunk and high walking around just enjoying themselves and buying overpriced food and merchandise. Sadly I had been so tired that night me and my brother fell asleep on the ground during the Foo Fighter performance.

Krewe of Boo is an amazing parade to witness with everyone in costumes running enjoying themselves, the parade is full of lights and is quite similar to Mardi Gras. When I visited there my mom had made everyone themed costumes. My Dad had even been put on the front page of the newspaper due to his sugar skull costume but my favorite was when my dad and I were voodoo themed with my dad being the voodoo priest and myself being his voodoo doll.

Mardi Gras was quite the event when I went to witness it was 2017 and that was the year that a man ran over a crowd of people, I personally did not witness the act but was a block away and was unaware of what happened till four hours later. The Mardi Gras parade itself was very entertaining and very shocking due to the number of shirtless women freely (and very drunk) walking around and flashing the men on the floats to get the items they wanted.

New Orleans isn’t just parades and festivals but it is a very beautiful place to see if you know where you are going. The French Quarter is a very popular and beautiful place to go see along with the New Orleans city park. If you do enjoy partying and street performances then I recommend going Bourbon Street but if you are under the age 18 or can’t defend yourself well I don’t recommend that you stay on that street after 9:30pm because there are several bars on that street and the people can be dangerous when intoxicated, some don’t even have to be intoxicated.

Although New Orleans is a beautiful place and a good place to have a good time it can be very dangerous to do a large number of people that often flood the streets in the evening. it’s best to stay in a group and spend sightseeing times during the day. But do enjoy New Orleans and see the culture.