ʻAʻole lākou i'ōlelo " laissez les bon temps roulez " ("waiho i ka manawa maikaʻi") no kaʻole o Louisiana. Loaʻa nā kānaka i ka wā maikaʻi i loko o kā lākou DNA. ʻO nā hāʻina he hapa nui ia o ka leʻaleʻa a hiki i nā malihini ke komo pū me ka pono i nā'ahameʻa pili alohaʻohana e like me ka Messbug Madness,ʻoiai, kahi e loaʻa ai iāʻoe nā pāʻani a me nā mele nui. ʻO ka hōʻailona nui loa o lākou a pau -Mardi Gras ma New Orleans- he mea maikaʻi loa ia no nā poʻe helehelenaʻohana.
No ke aha e hele ai i Louisiana me nā keiki
ʻAno. Hāʻawi nui ka'āina hoʻoilinaʻo Louis Caany i nā manawa kūpono no ka hoʻomehana waiwai pilikino. He mea maʻalahi kēia i New Orleans a ma waho o waho o New Orleans i "Acadiana," a iʻole Cajun Country , ka mea nona kona moʻolelo kaulana, mele kupaianaha, a me ka meaʻono. ʻOiaʻiʻo, makemakeʻoe i ka hoʻomaha no ka hoʻonani, akā he mea maikaʻi maikaʻi ke loaʻa nā'ōpiopio i nā mea aʻelua paha e pili ana i ka moʻomeheu āpau.
Kūpono. Ma keʻano laulā,ʻo Louisiana kahi huakaʻi kūpono. ʻOiai ma New Orleans, ua kūʻaiʻia nā hale kūʻai ma kahi liʻiliʻi i kūlike me ka nui o nā kūlanakauhale i puni ka'āina.
ʻO ka manawa maikaʻi loa eʻike iā Louisiana
No nāʻohana i'ōpiliʻoleʻia nā keiki i kahi papahana o ka papa,ʻo ka lālaniʻoʻApelila a meʻOkakopa ka manawa kūikawā no ka mākaʻikaʻiʻana, no keʻano kū malie o ka wā a me ka hoʻonaniʻana i nāʻahaʻaina. No nāʻohana me nā'ōpiopio i ke kula, ka hōʻoluʻolu o ka punahele a me ka Mele Kalikimaka kekahi manawa ke hāʻawi aku i nāʻano anuanu maikaʻi.
Ma loko o nā kauwela kau, kahi wela a me ke anuanu, hikiʻole keʻoluʻolu, akā, no nā malihini mai ka North e hoʻohanaʻole i ka mahana i nā 90 a ma luna. Hiki i nā papahana ke hoʻokomo i ka hoʻolālāʻana o ka lumi i loko o ka lumi i ka manawaʻoi loa o ka lā a iʻole paha e holo ana i kahi kaʻa hau.
ʻO ka wā hoʻomaha he manawa nui ia e kipa aku ai, no ka mea,ʻo ko Louisiana mau wahi i hoʻokumu i kā lākou iho i ka Kalina.
Ma New Orleans,ʻO ka Mele Kalikimaka kahi mahina piha loa me ka mele mele ma Jackson Square, nā'ahamele ma ka Halepuleʻo St. Louis, a me Reveillon Dinners ma nāʻaina he nui. Hoʻokumuʻo Steamboat Natchez i nā alakorō mele me nā hui huila a me nā hui o ke kula kiʻekiʻe. Aia ka City Park kahi mākaʻikaʻi e hoʻoulu ai i ka hoʻouluʻana, me nā hoʻokipa hoʻokele a me nā hoʻokipa. Ma ka lā 24 o Dekemaba, ua hoʻonaniʻia nā pā ahi ma ke kahawaiʻo Mississippi e hiki ai ke alakaʻi iā Papa Noel.
Ma nā wahi'ē aʻe ma Louisiana, Opelousas he mālamalama o ka Le Vieux Village i ka lā mua o Dekemaba,ʻo ia hoʻi nā mele a me ka hōʻea mai o Santa Claus. Aia ka kūlanakauhaleʻo Arnaudville i ka makahikiʻo Le Feu et l'Eau (Fire and Water), e hōʻike ana i nā mea mea a me nā mea hoʻokani pila.
He mea eʻike ai e pili ana i nā koleena e hele ana
ʻO ka memo e pili ana i Mardi Gras: He kūlana kaulanaʻo Mardi Gras ma New Orleans no ka pupule hehena, akā hiki i nāʻohana keʻoluʻolu i nā'ōlani Mardi Gras. Pono wale nā malihini e hōʻalo i nā wahi āpau e hele ai ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi. Eʻike hoʻiʻoe, aia kekahi mau kūlanakauhale ma Louisiana i ka hoʻokipaʻoliʻoli a kūikawāʻo Mardi Gras e hauʻoli ai nā keiki.
ʻO kahi palapala e pili ana iā Katrina: ʻOiai ua hoʻihoʻi houʻia nā wahi kaiāulu nui o New Orleans mai kaʻino maʻamau o ka makahiki 2005, ua hoʻomauʻia ke kūkulu houʻiaʻana i nā wahi pōʻino i ka halaʻana o nā makahiki he 10.
Hiki paha i nāʻohana a me nā'ōpio ke hele e nānā e pili ana i kaʻinoʻino o kaʻino a me keʻano e hana ai ke kūlanakauhale e palekana iā ia iho i ka wā e hiki mai ana.
- Hoʻonohonohoʻia e Suzanne Rowan Kelleher