New Orleans - Official Visitors Guide 2008 - (Page 31) tra ItIOns! d seCOnd lIne: A celebratory dance, accompanied by decorated umbrellas and waving handkerchiefs. A New Orleans tradition at weddings, jazz funerals and other festive occasions. COMe fOr the red Beans & rICe: On Mondays in New Orleans everybody eats red beans & rice. It’s a throwback to the old Creole days when Monday was the traditional washday. You could just put the beans on the back burner, and they cooked themselves while you tended to the laundry. Cra wfIsh BOIl: A variation of the backyard barbecue that includes eating as many of these delightfully spicy crustaceans as you can. Come on down and learn how to “pinch the tails and suck the heads!” kIng Cake: An oval pastry decorated with colored sugar in the traditional Mardi Gras colors of purple, green and gold, with a tiny plastic baby hidden somewhere inside. Tradition requires that the person who gets the baby in their piece must provide the next King Cake. faIs dO dO: A long evening of Cajun dancing and socializing. In the old days, adolescent girls attended under the watchful eyes of chaperones, while young males were often restricted to a holding pen called une cage aux chiens, or “dogs’ cage” (unless they were dancing). Children were put to bed at the dance, giving rise to the term fais do do (meaning “go to sleep” in Cajun French). V i s i t O u r W e b s i t e a t W W W. n e W O r l e a n s i n f O. c O m http://www.neworleansinfo.com
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