In honor of scouring the internet for interesting Nola-related videos (an endless, deep, dark, addictive, rabbithole), we recently re-discovered this clip from the 1983 documentary YEAH YOU RITE! by Louis Alvarez and Andrew Kolker (most recently known for Getting Back to Abnormal). Enjoy this sampler of local accents, and discussion of the area’s dialect. After 30 years, is this depiction dated (aside from the non-HD status)? Has the New Orleans sea of accents changed with the culture, or do we sound the same?
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Voodoo in New Orleans: Reviving history: New Orleans fortune telling This article takes a deep dive into the history of Voodoo in New Orleans, its hybridization with Catholicism, and its present-day place in the city's culture. The author visits fortune-tellers in the French Quarter, using their guidance as a tool for introspection rather than a deterministic predictor of the future. Through her experiences in New Orleans, the author feels a mystical connection to both the past and the future. 