Panic at the festival
by Frédérique Smart
1. origins
1.1. video
1.1.1. https://www.pbs.org/video/genealogy-roadshow-voodoo-and-new-orleans-genealogy/
1.2. 1719: Slaves from West Central Africa
1.2.1. arrived in America through Haiti (revolution)
1.3. from Benin (4 m believers), developed in the French colonial Empire
1.3.1. 4 different sects
1.4. it is influenced by Catholicism and traditional African religious practices.
2. cult
2.1. ancestor worship
2.2. ceremonies
2.2.1. 19th c Voodoo queens
2.2.1.1. Marie Laveau | History of American Women
2.2.1.1.1. bi-racial parents
2.2.1.1.2. her mother was creole
2.2.2. ritual dancers
2.2.3. ceremonial meetings
2.3. charms, amulets,gris-gris, dolls...
2.3.1. to protect
2.3.2. to heal
2.3.3. to harm
2.4. zombies
2.5. witchraft
2.6. altars
3. WHERE?
3.1. New Orleans
3.2. Krew of Boo Festival
3.3. in the French Carre = French quarter
4. WHO?
4.1. Alexis Lanuit
4.1.1. pupil from LHS
4.2. Isabella Beauregard
4.2.1. the school gazette reporter
4.3. Marcel Lefleur
4.3.1. a senior pupil
4.4. Rose Duprey
4.5. Professor Abellard
4.6. pupils from Louisiana High School
5. WHEN ?
5.1. 22 October 2021
5.2. Halloween parade
6. PROBLEM ?
6.1. a panic
6.2. Marcel L. collapsed = remained unconscious
6.2.1. Marcel impersonated a real zombie