I'm from Louisiana and I am so proud to live here. When I go to New Orleans I just have a feel good vibe, I don't notice it there is trash or if there is something not perfect, I notice the history and happiness. The warm humid air and the jazz music playing, you can feel the heat and sensation of delight and music in the air. The culture is so amazing. Cruising on the Chufunkta( I dunno how to spell it sorry) River every day. The warmth of the sun hits you and the brees in your hair is magical. I Love the sweet, delightful, amazing, miraculous Louisiana. :)
@@ninpobudo3876 oh that's awesome! J'ai étudié français au lycée et à la université pour quatre ans, mais j'ai oublie tous 😔 unfortunately there's not a lot of French speakers where I live so I never got to practice, but Montreal is about a seven or eight hour drive from where I live. I find the history of New Orleans and the Creoles very fascinating! I hope the local languages don't die out!
@@nihilisticbarbie Mèsi bokou! It won't die out, I speak to my kids in Creole EVERYDAY and I teach them their culture! That's great that you studied Français a lékòl but you can still speak the language online, what's App, Facebook and many other social media sources! Keep going mô zami!
OMG that's my house! @4:05/26:02 that's the house I grew up in. Its at 2705 Magazine St in the garden district a block before Washington Ave. How old is this film? It was damaged severely during Katrina and we moved to Houston. It looks fully restored, or this footage was before the storm. Either way, super cool to see it right off the bat in this video!!
Indeed! Born smack dab in the middle of downtown. Wish I was able to procure any info about my birth parents. Louisiana is a notoriously "closed book" state when it comes to adoptees rights, unfortunately.
Excellent documentary and that church reminds me more of being evangelical, never seen so much joy in the catholic church, wonderful to see all kinds of people having such a great time 👏
¡Yo adoro la historia y la gente de la Luisiana! Tengo a varios amigos de Lafayette. Soy originario de Puerto Rico, tercera generación hispanohablante y estadounidense. Cuando bajo para la Luisiana hablo libremente en francés y hago que se me olvide el inglés y el español. Bonjour à tous en Louisiane! Lâche pas la patate!
Loving this one thanks for sharing this very important information giving thanks blessed love to all knowledge is power hopefully everyone pays attention to this one
Louisiana Creole here.. Mes 7th GranPere' came from "La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Aquitaine Limousin Poitou-Charentes, France" ..Proud of my French, African(Dahomey/Yoruba) Native American(Caddo n choctaw) and Hispaniola roots..all i know is Iberian..most of my family has been well documented furthermore doing a 23&me DNA confirmed what we know
❤ I truly believe that New Orleans is the happiest city in the U.S. !! This mesmerizing city was the place of entry when I immigrated to this country and immediately it captivated my soul because it so much reminded me of Belize, the country I grew up in 😂 !!
Nola has more culture in one block, than all the cities in the world combined .The only place I've ever been where as a trumpet player you really feel like your in your element ,although if your a struggling jazz musician ,the price of living in the French Quarter is unaffordable . Unfortunately this video does not show you the great disparity in New Orleans .The French Quarter although beautiful as it is ,is only for the rich, only the rich can afford to buy houses there and rent condos. The people of New Orleans itself are poor and depend on the income of the French quarter to make a living as dishwashers, Cooks and entertainers, etc.One must also use Extreme Caution when visiting New Orleans make sure not to venture out at night in areas you don't know .It used to have the highest murder rate in the country Just be smart ,be safe always be in the company of other people. Shootings in the French Quarter are rare , but do happen occasionally. But all in all it's a place everyone needs to go to, at least once in your lifetime.
@@Diegomax22 faut pas rêver le français va disparaître en Amérique même au Québec le français et en baisse l’Amérique on peut tirer un trait dessus fallait que la France gagne ça guerre de sept ans c’est tout on perdu c’est comme ça déjà chapeau au Québec d’avoir tenue la langue française pendant tout ce temp dans cette Amérique anglaise chapeau !!!!
C’est vraiment un bel endroit, que ce soit les paysages naturels ou ceux faits de la main de l’homme, c’est uniquement des paysages uniques qu’on reconnaît au premier coup d’œil
Culturally speaking, the destruction of the French Opera House by fire is arguably the greatest tragedy in New Orleans history. The city was opera-mad. It held the community together.
Je crois que ça a été tourné lorsque Manoukian se trouvait là-bas pour tourner une émission TV musicale avec le chanteur Tété. J’ai vu cette émission et ça se passait uniquement à la Nouvelle-Orléans et ses alentours.
@@decrox13 calling me an idiot doesn’t help your statement monsieur. Va te fair foutre! Oui, i know la Nouvelle-Orléans is in America, I used the term “Americanization” to refer to how when the English Americans came down after the purchase they sought to destroy the French and make it an American city.
@@nathanlumiere3775 The same went for Nouvelle-France, or Canada and Louisiana (Louisiana survived), but instead of 'Americanization' it was from the British imperials due to the French loss of the French and Indian War. But Quebec still stands
What's somewhat known would be that the ratio of French surnames among African Americans in New Orleans is larger than any other city in the country. What's somewhat unknown would be that the ratio of Spanish surnames among African Americans in New Orleans is larger than any other city in the country. What's totally unknown would be that the ratio of Italian surnames among African Americans in New Orleans is larger than any other city in the country.
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While it's somewhat known that French surnames are more common among African Americans in New Orleans than in any other place in the nation, it's totally unknown, even though an in-depth study will indicate such, is that Italian surnames and Spanish surnames are also more common among African Americans in New Orleans than in any other place in the nation.
Freddy Frug Among whites too. There are tons of whites in greater New Orleans that are of creole French heritage that have French surnames. There are tons of whites that are of creole Spanish heritage that have spanish surnames (I’m one of them). There are tons of whites that are of Creole German heritage that have German surnames. And the same with Italian and Irish surnames.
Freddy Frug it is inaccurate to say African Americans! The correct term is French Creole or Louisiana Creoles......Jessie Jackson coined the term in the 80's and he did not have in mind anything Lousiana! Many people are complicating American history (Louisiana) by trying to add African American to the history! I know you didn't mean any harm BUT I have to call your attention to the fact African American fall under Anglo-Saxon British history. African Americans are not generally a people who speak Kouri-Vini, Louisiana Creole, French OR follow the history and culture of the Louisiana Territory. As a matter of fact I have interviewed African Americans and like most people do not know much about the history of Louisiana Creole,Cajun or Acadian people! To change the name of Lousisiana/French Creole is like changing the name Cajun or Acadian people. It's simply not necessary or correct! African-Americans do not have generations of relationships with Cajun or Acadian people BUT Louisiana Creole's do!!! If you have read any of the thousands of books written about LA Creole history or Louisiana Creole the term African American is NOT mentioned BUT Creole is! Trying to make the understanding of mixed race people like that of the views of British American or U.S. history is very wrong to do! Many Louisiana Creoles do NOT celebrate just African roots BUT take great interest in recognizing ALL of their blended blood and history. WE cannot be marginalized like that of the African American history which does not give recognition to the free use of culture and customs. In your commentary you said: While it's somewhat known that French surnames are more common among African Americans in New Orleans than in any other place in the nation, No it is common that French surnames are more common amongst people of Creole heritage NOT African American heritage. There are grave historical differences please read and educate yourself from books that predated U.S. history and people that try to use the term African American interchangeably do not understand the history of the people who formed the Louisiana Territory...My history is almost 10 generations of Louisiana Creoles Bloodline!!!!
There is a glaring historical error here...St. Louis Cathedral was named after Louis IX, King of France, not Louis XIV, and it is Louis IX depicted on the fresco above the main altar. Louisiana was named after Louis XIV.
We worshipped at the Cathedral every Sunday, walking from our apartment in the Lower Pontalba. The history of Nouvelle Orleans owes so much to Micaela Almonester, daughter of Don Andreas Almonester, who was married to Celestin de Pontalba at the age of 15. Taken back to France, she was shot by her father-in-law as he wanted her vast dowry.
Baroness de Pontalba returned to Louisiana, where she turned the Plaza des Armas (the drill grounds in front of the Cathedral and the Cabildo) into a park, commissioned the equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson, hero of the Battle of New Orleans, and named all Jackson Square. This brilliant woman then created twin apartment buildings in the style of Parisian buildings. Many innovations, such as the prefabrication of segments and the wrought iron work eith the initials “MAP” were brought to the site. She then returned to France to care for her mentally unbalanced husband until his death.
I love New Orleans, have lived there, and it has been for 45 years an integral part of my life. Of course the city has French roots. But the device of having New Orleanians speak in French in this video creates an impression that French is commonly spoken. It is not. Yes, there are individuals, Creole Associations, and and other private situations where it is heard. But if you hear French spoken on the street-except for the occasional phrase or word that is part of everyday speech- you are likely hearing a tourist.
@@annabernardjazzvocalist3464 In 45 years I haven't met even one family with a French name that spoke French extensively or even periodically. How did I manage that?
There is no French heritage in New Orleans anymore. Only buildings and some street names. You would have to go west of Bayou Lafourche to Lafiyette to see any French Heritage today.
You have no idea what you’re talking about. There are still people of French ancestry in the New Orleans neighborhoods of Mid City (near City Park and Esplanade Ave area), Lakeview and some in the Garden district. Most of it from old New Orleans is in the suburbs surrounding New Orleans in Metairie, Kenner, St. Bernard, Westbank, Plaquemines Parish and the Northshore. These white French descendants are called French Creoles. And there is plenty of French ancestry (Acadian/cajun type) between New Orleans and Bayou Lafourche too...like Luling, Boutte, Des Allemands, raceland, Lockport etc. and plenty on Bayou Lafaourche... you can’t be from Southeast Louisiana and saying something like that....
The Cathedral of St. Louis King of France was named for Louis IX. It was rebuilt by Don Andres Almonester y Roxas following a fire which destroyed much of the city. To the right of the Cathedral is the Cabildo, the center of government for both the Spanish and French government of the region. The Vieux Carre was developed by Don Andreas’ daughter, Micaela Almonester. Married at 15 and taken back to France, her life was turned to horror as her father-in-law tried to kill her for her dowry. After he shot her, he killed himself. Micaela then fought for and recovered her fortune and sailed back to New Orleans. Here she planned and built the twin Pontalba apartments. She then honored Andrew Jackson, hero of the Battle of New Orleans. The drill grounds in front of the Cabildo, the Cathedral and the Presbytere were turned into a park. Here she erected the equestrian statue of Jackson, enclosed the grounds with wrought iron railings and renamed it Jackson Square. For those interested in a complete history of the beginnings of New Orleans, read Tulane professor Christina Vella’s “Intimate Enemies: The Two Worlds of the Baroness Pontalba. The space before the
@@annbush1826 To the right of the cathedral is the presbytère, the cabildo is to the left of the cathedral. Also, Micaela only had certain parts of the Vieux Carré built such as the Pontalbas, she didn’t develop the entire French quarter or even most of it.
Saint Louis was medieval king Louis IX (the Ninth) - depicted at 6:21 - and not Louis XIV (the Fourteenth) who was never beatified. I hope the rest of the documentary is better researched... 7:42 I don't doubt that, but they avoid io digg too deep and skip over the fact that some of the more well-off free peoples of color also owned slaves at that time, which shouldn't be a surprise: slavery had always been a prevalent practice in African cultures long before Europe jumped on the bandwagon (even though you could say that, in the middle ages, serfdom was basically slavery that didn't say its name, as would be indentured servitude later) and, after all, that's where Europeans bought them to other Africans in the first place. 25:20 Mmh, with lyrics like: "Plaisir d'amour ne dure qu'un moment, Chagrin d'amour dure toute la vie." (Love's pleasure only lasts one moment, Heartbreak lasts forever), I wouldn't say "Plaisir d'Amour" - a song about a guy who has been dumped for another one by his girlfriend - is a love song... Well, at least certainly not a happy one.
Something which very few people know because it's never been closely studied, is that the proportions of French, Spanish, and Italian surnames are all larger in number among African Americans in New Orleans than in any other place in America.
That's most probably becuae of the mixing of the blacks with the French,Spanish,and Italians back in the 18th,and 19th Centuries.So,it seems that probably very,veyr few of the so-called"Afro-Ameircnas"are of purely African descent,my friends.
The Cathedral was named after St Louis (Louis the IX}. Most people of free color bought themselves out of slavery: many came from St Domingue fleeing the revolution.
They have a very different expression of the Catholic faith and it's beautiful. I actually prefer the extraordinary form of the Catholic mass. Bo misti pwesebi e bel langaji di bo komuniti. ❤
No parl Français dan Lalwizyinn mô lami. Nou çé Creole, Cajun, é Houma. *I said this in Louisiana Creole French 🇫🇷* Nous parlons français en Louisiane mon ami. Nous sommes créoles, cajuns et houmas. *I said this in French 🇫🇷* We speak French in Louisiana my friend. We are Creoles, Cajuns, and Houmas. *I said this in English 🇺🇸*
Slanted historical depictions of France discovery of Louisiana. Whatever happened to the beautiful native and aboriginals that lived in what is presently called New Orleans, Louisiana?
Yes but it wasn't those Indians that built the City of New Orleans and made it what it is today...it was those French Settlers that made New Orleans.....
@@Albertanator the french has always use the artisans of other races for instance, Haiti and enslaved and freed Africans. So please, there is not much the French did do that can out weigh their muder, torture and genocide even up to this present day.
@@walidshabazz5193 Blah blah blah....your virtue signaling is excellent today....funny with your name, you know something about genocide and brutality...cough cough...Islamic invasion of India...the blooodiest event in history.....among plenty of other brutality from the ummah......regardless of your nonsense, it was those French settlers that get the majority of the credit for originally building New Orleans...that is a historical fact....
@@walidshabazz5193 Oh brother....you are a nation of islam clown....sorry...I am not wasting my time with a group of people that follow a racist clown like Louie Farrakhan...
Francophones in Louisiane didn’t conquer and subjugate the natives, they traded and intermarried. The natives in Louisiana became francophones peacefully, to the point that the largest francophone community in Louisiana right now is the Houma nation, I believe.
I'm from New Orleans and my best friend from the time we were in kindergarten was killed in St Roch cemetery in 1990. He became a junkie and was back there looking for dope and ran into the wrong person who put 3 slugs in his chest. Katrina wouldn't happen for another 15 years. It's always been a violent place.
It was more dangerous BEFORE Katrina. It was a crack cocaine gang-ridden hellhole in the late '80 - early '90s. MUCH safer now. Still not 'safe,' but not the nightmare it was in the early '90s.
I’m from Louisiana, and I’ve just always viewed New Orleans as a fake representation of the state....in my opinion if you want real Louisiana go to places like Ville Platte, Eunice, Mamou, Opelousas, carencro, Rayne etc.
Because we’re the city but more so because we are and were the business center of the area. Unfortunately, we lost much of the Creole language due to Americanization happened in New Orleans first. Most of you in SW Louisiana were able to maintain a good part of the Creole language. I’m New Orleans, we do see ourselves as independent from the rest of the state.
I love all those places- the Cajuns and Creoles. But there is nothing fake about New Orleans if you go beyond Bourbon Street, Cher, you need to study New Orleans history and you will see that New Orleans never was like all those fine places because it was and is a different culture. And sadly most of the French culture is gone.
@@nicholasholiday941 being raised in Louisiana ive been to New Orleans once in my life...alot of outsiders always ask why I've only been once...but if youre from Louisiana New Orleans is not necessarily a place you vacation to
I was reading in a old collection of folk tales and ghost stories and local and stae history of LA. that when Spainish rule ended the french of LA were overjoyed to be reunited with mother france and then napolion sold new france and it people to the growing united states for a song and the inhabitants were not very pleased to put it politly, so Napolion was def. not popular with everybody. La was allso deeply catholic were most of America in 1803 were not, they spoke french and had french ways despit being a colany of spain for about 30 or 40 years and Early america saw the freanch and freanch culture as degenerate and decadent and against the american way of life wench why the usefull invention of the Beeday never cuaght on in the USA....mores the pitty. the french & creole planters and aristocracy were horrified and looked down on the new flow os Anglo saxions to LA and new orleans who eventually took over in the areas of buissness and social life and plantionon life as well. in fackt French culture and customs in new france were allmost compleatly wiped out by the time the civil wat broke out. luckyly it was not whiped out alltogether and is protected by those who are prowd decendants of mother france, wether they were smugglers, whores , deposed or exiled aristocrates or other casses of criminals.
Hey Shift Er ! Do you a even a simple idea of what The French origin of north America is ? www.google.ca/search?q=history+of+france+in+north+america+map&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=fr-ca&client=safari#imgrc=xK1kwdHqs6XDIM:
LOL " at the times thes places were less like Jazz Clubs and more like brothels" just say it how it was they were brothels! Stroyvill was americas only legal red light districk until 1917 when the US navy forced it to shut down. New orleans made back in the day something like 2-3 million a year off of taxes collected from brothels in those 16 blocks were the Iberville Prject now occupies convert that to today and it would be something like 20 million or more a year. But in reality the districkt as it was called was ment to shield the "Undesirables" from respectable new orleans society. Afer all many of Louisiana's firt generation of mothers and wifes were former whores and new orleans allways seemed to have a Look the other way approch to the worlds oldest instutuion, but of course they did not want a madam setting up a cat house or gambling parlor next to there house which did happen, so to get controll of the vice problem in New Orleans the city created a Red Light District 16 blocks were Prostution and gambling was (within reason) legal. armstrong was for most of "storyville's" 20 year history just a Kid but he cut his teeth lerning jazz not to mention Pimping from other big names of the time . Virtully nothing of Stroyvill remains, except mabe 8 - 10 buildings and old pictures.
French heritage? Funny how everyone says it was named Louisiana. No. It was named Louisianne. The Spanish changed it to Louisiana. And the French Quarter is the SPANISH Quarter. The Catholicism is Spanish. The Spanish from Louisiana helped George Washington with money and troops. France was brook. The Spanish gave money to France to give the USA. But let's go along with the whole French idea that's been fed to us.
@@francinesicard464 Not really, he's right for the most part. Though Catholicism is due to France too. But he's not rewriting history, rather philo-French sentiment has rewritten history a little bit (not trully, just forgot everything Spanish lol). The French Quarter is definitely Spanish, not truly french, in fact, it is called Vieux Carré in French, as it was one of the oldest, but it burned down and was then rebuilt by Spaniards following Spanish styles. It is also Spain who helped the USA the most, not France, and of course Spanish Lousiana (not French Louisiana). About Spain fgivinf money to France so that France gave it to the USA, nah, I don't think so. France contributed a bit to USA independece (way WAY less than Spain, though) on its own account, not with Spanish money. It is also La Louisiane in French, it was indeed the Spanish who changed the spelling, which is obvious to any one who knows a little bit of Spanish and French. And mind, I know French culture and influence is much greater in Louisiana than the one from Spain, but I'm also well aware of how the Spanish influence and past has been grossly overlooked, even tot he point of claming Spanish elements to be French. So no, no one is rewriting history, is more abut actually writing the entire and correct history, and not cherrypick part of it or turn Spanish influence into French influence because of some sort of anti-Spanish sentiment due to Spanish Black Legend, promoted by English, Dutch and French for centuries.
*let it sink* America: that would be a economic and cultural disaster to the United States *let it sink*:') America: we won't let that happen *let it sink* America: foolish imbecile *LETITTSINKKUHHH* America: your drunk go home
@Dennis Koch lordsy cher I done went to sleep then woke up to this big ass false quote Don't want to fight But have a normal conversation Why do you think new Orleans will not be missed, why do you hate it
All frenchs are proud of New Orleans, the most atypical and beautifull city in USA 🇨🇵⚜️
Old St Louis was unreal. Man made canals, old world sculptures, it was a sight.
Biggest Goddamn Shithole besides Gary, Indiana.
I'm from Louisiana and I am so proud to live here. When I go to New Orleans I just have a feel good vibe, I don't notice it there is trash or if there is something not perfect, I notice the history and happiness. The warm humid air and the jazz music playing, you can feel the heat and sensation of delight and music in the air. The culture is so amazing. Cruising on the Chufunkta( I dunno how to spell it sorry) River every day. The warmth of the sun hits you and the brees in your hair is magical. I Love the sweet, delightful, amazing, miraculous Louisiana. :)
I feel like I belong here, I’m from Detroit but love NOLA, the entire world is there
Both New Orleans and Detroit was founded by the French.
@@jjones7396Le Rouge
Not from Louisiana but I'm Louisiana Creole and speak the language! Love to my French, Choctaw, African and Italian roots!
Do you speak French or Creole French?
@@nihilisticbarbie I speak Louisiana-Creole French 🇫🇷! I just decided to study standard French from France.
@@ninpobudo3876 oh that's awesome! J'ai étudié français au lycée et à la université pour quatre ans, mais j'ai oublie tous 😔 unfortunately there's not a lot of French speakers where I live so I never got to practice, but Montreal is about a seven or eight hour drive from where I live. I find the history of New Orleans and the Creoles very fascinating! I hope the local languages don't die out!
@@nihilisticbarbie Mèsi bokou!
It won't die out, I speak to my kids in Creole EVERYDAY and I teach them their culture! That's great that you studied Français a lékòl but you can still speak the language online, what's App, Facebook and many other social media sources! Keep going mô zami!
@Marcus Cole Moore No I'm from the North
I just returned from New Orleans, Louisiana. I was there to bring in 2020. I loved my stay there, I am back in Albany, N.Y. I am ready to return!
Pourquoi aimes-tu la Louisiane!? Je veux aussi visiter Louisiané
I'm from southern middle Tennessee and you should visit during a non festive time. Very very home feeling.
We are ready to greet you again 😗
OMG that's my house! @4:05/26:02 that's the house I grew up in. Its at 2705 Magazine St in the garden district a block before Washington Ave. How old is this film? It was damaged severely during Katrina and we moved to Houston. It looks fully restored, or this footage was before the storm. Either way, super cool to see it right off the bat in this video!!
This was beautifully done.
I live in Orléans. The most beautiful city in France
Le Loiret en général est un coin absolument génial. J’aime Orléans et j’aime aussi beaucoup Provins.
Thaleis Von Paris Provins est en Seine et Marne
I want to go to France we live on France Street in New Orleans, La
Oui je sais! Je suis né à Fontainebleau
@@tonacor1413 come !
This is such a beautiful historic city
No other like it, and while I'm aware of its crime rate etc it's just so magical and unique.⚜
Indeed! Born smack dab in the middle of downtown. Wish I was able to procure any info about my birth parents. Louisiana is a notoriously "closed book" state when it comes to adoptees rights, unfortunately.
I do very much enjoyed these videos of early New Orleans. Very insightful.
Excellent documentary and that church reminds me more of being evangelical, never seen so much joy in the catholic church, wonderful to see all kinds of people having such a great time 👏
¡Yo adoro la historia y la gente de la Luisiana! Tengo a varios amigos de Lafayette. Soy originario de Puerto Rico, tercera generación hispanohablante y estadounidense. Cuando bajo para la Luisiana hablo libremente en francés y hago que se me olvide el inglés y el español. Bonjour à tous en Louisiane! Lâche pas la patate!
Que parte de puerto rico?
@@GG-fh1cb de Río Piedras. Y tú?
@@simonbennatan8257 En rio piedras también.. Dame tu email para no estar solo cuando vaya a loisiana. 😁. God bless
I learned something about both New Orleans and The French culture I was very impressed 😁👌💯
Enjoyed watching very much! Lots of historical facts and figures. Was easy to picture this timeline in the history of America.
Thank you for this great video.
That is one beautiful lady singing opera, and her daughter is beautiful as well
I absolutely Love New Orleans. I'm from Los Angeles and I make it a point to visit my favorite place in the United States Often. ⚜⚜⚜
The giant "monster" at 17:21 on Bourbon Street is still here! He and the other street performers are so much fun!
The best word to describe New Orleans’s uptown is dynamic
Loving this one thanks for sharing this very important information giving thanks blessed love to all knowledge is power hopefully everyone pays attention to this one
I love history about the city I was born and raised in
Excellent many thanks
💕Great video!!💕💕🍃🌺🍀
Thank you!💜
Louisiana Creole here.. Mes 7th GranPere' came from
"La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Aquitaine Limousin Poitou-Charentes, France" ..Proud of my French, African(Dahomey/Yoruba) Native American(Caddo n choctaw) and Hispaniola roots..all i know is Iberian..most of my family has been well documented furthermore doing a 23&me DNA confirmed what we know
Their voices are beyond angelic
❤ I truly believe that New Orleans is the happiest city in the U.S. !! This mesmerizing city was the place of entry when I immigrated to this country and immediately it captivated my soul because it so much reminded me of Belize, the country I grew up in 😂 !!
Nola has more culture in one block, than all the cities in the world combined .The only place I've ever been where as a trumpet player you really feel like your in your element ,although if your a struggling jazz musician ,the price of living in the French Quarter is unaffordable . Unfortunately this video does not show you the great disparity in New Orleans .The French Quarter although beautiful as it is ,is only for the rich, only the rich can afford to buy houses there and rent condos. The people of New Orleans itself are poor and depend on the income of the French quarter to make a living as dishwashers, Cooks and entertainers, etc.One must also use Extreme Caution when visiting New Orleans make sure not to venture out at night in areas you don't know .It used to have the highest murder rate in the country Just be smart ,be safe always be in the company of other people. Shootings in the French Quarter are rare , but do happen occasionally. But all in all it's a place everyone needs to go to, at least once in your lifetime.
I wouldn’t say it has more charm than any other city in the world, but certainly the United States!
Thanks for the tip
Je suis l'un des derniers francophones de cette ville! Vive la Nouvelle-Orléans
si j'ai la foi j'irai un jour visiter la nouvelle orléans
Par pitié continuez le partage de notre langue avec vos descendants..
@@Diegomax22 faut pas rêver le français va disparaître en Amérique même au Québec le français et en baisse l’Amérique on peut tirer un trait dessus fallait que la France gagne ça guerre de sept ans c’est tout on perdu c’est comme ça déjà chapeau au Québec d’avoir tenue la langue française pendant tout ce temp dans cette Amérique anglaise chapeau !!!!
C’est vraiment un bel endroit, que ce soit les paysages naturels ou ceux faits de la main de l’homme, c’est uniquement des paysages uniques qu’on reconnaît au premier coup d’œil
..learning more...daily..🗼
My home. Where I was born and raised.
Culturally speaking, the destruction of the French Opera House by fire is arguably the greatest tragedy in New Orleans history. The city was opera-mad. It held the community together.
Besides katrina
probably but the destruction of the neighborhoods in the last century to build all of the municipal buildings is a close second.
On dirait André Manoukian au piano à 16:45.
Est-ce lui ?
Oui c'est bien lui
Je crois que ça a été tourné lorsque Manoukian se trouvait là-bas pour tourner une émission TV musicale avec le chanteur Tété. J’ai vu cette émission et ça se passait uniquement à la Nouvelle-Orléans et ses alentours.
oui je pense que c est vraiment lui !
Vive Louisienne heritage . Merci Bon Dieu .
Sadly the French culture is very rare in La Nouvelle-Orléans due to Americanization but they’re still some of us that hold on to it! ⚜️
What does “Americanization” mean to you in this context? New Orleans is IN America, you idiot.
@@decrox13 calling me an idiot doesn’t help your statement monsieur. Va te fair foutre! Oui, i know la Nouvelle-Orléans is in America, I used the term “Americanization” to refer to how when the English Americans came down after the purchase they sought to destroy the French and make it an American city.
@@nathanlumiere3775 dont mind him
@@decrox13 ad hominem attacks won’t move your argument forward.
Dipshit
@@nathanlumiere3775 The same went for Nouvelle-France, or Canada and Louisiana (Louisiana survived), but instead of 'Americanization' it was from the British imperials due to the French loss of the French and Indian War. But Quebec still stands
What's somewhat known would be that the ratio of French surnames among African Americans in New Orleans is larger than any other city in the country. What's somewhat unknown would be that the ratio of Spanish surnames among African Americans in New Orleans is larger than any other city in the country. What's totally unknown would be that the ratio of Italian surnames among African Americans in New Orleans is larger than any other city in the country.
@youngal04 Fascism wasn't invented till the 20th century.
Correct. There’s Angeletty’s in my family. I’m a New Orleans native
magnifique!
They been marching, literally to the beat of their own drum, for centuries.
Boy is this upbeat and refreshing compared to watch Season 1 of True Detective.
Love my city💓
May I just ask about the origin of cocktail. What was the crockery thing that sounds like crocktier called in French?
WSH LA CLASSE DE 3 EME VERT TRENQUIL ?
When was the documentary shot?
I love NEW ORLEANS great food ,people,music and culture 👍.
Sep. 19, 2022: I am here because.Miss Universe Organizarion just announced that New Otleans will host the 71st edition of the pageant on January 14, 2023, that's why I want to learn about the city. Mabuhay from the PHILIPPINES!!! 👑🇵🇭💕
It looks like a quiet provincial french city like Bordeaux or Nantes or anywhere in the southwest part of France....
Home sweet home!❤
While it's somewhat known that French surnames are more common among African Americans in New Orleans than in any other place in the nation, it's totally unknown, even though an in-depth study will indicate such, is that Italian surnames and Spanish surnames are also more common among African Americans in New Orleans than in any other place in the nation.
Freddy Frug Among whites too. There are tons of whites in greater New Orleans that are of creole French heritage that have French surnames. There are tons of whites that are of creole Spanish heritage that have spanish surnames (I’m one of them). There are tons of whites that are of Creole German heritage that have German surnames. And the same with Italian and Irish surnames.
Haiti..
Freddy Frug it is inaccurate to say African Americans! The correct term is French Creole or Louisiana Creoles......Jessie Jackson coined the term in the 80's and he did not have in mind anything Lousiana! Many people are complicating American history (Louisiana) by trying to add African American to the history! I know you didn't mean any harm BUT I have to call your attention to the fact African American fall under Anglo-Saxon British history. African Americans are not generally a people who speak Kouri-Vini, Louisiana Creole, French OR follow the history and culture of the Louisiana Territory. As a matter of fact I have interviewed African Americans and like most people do not know much about the history of Louisiana Creole,Cajun or Acadian people! To change the name of Lousisiana/French Creole is like changing the name Cajun or Acadian people. It's simply not necessary or correct! African-Americans do not have generations of relationships with Cajun or Acadian people BUT Louisiana Creole's do!!! If you have read any of the thousands of books written about LA Creole history or Louisiana Creole the term African American is NOT mentioned BUT Creole is! Trying to make the understanding of mixed race people like that of the views of British American or U.S. history is very wrong to do! Many Louisiana Creoles do NOT celebrate just African roots BUT take great interest in recognizing ALL of their blended blood and history. WE cannot be marginalized like that of the African American history which does not give recognition to the free use of culture and customs.
In your commentary you said: While it's somewhat known that French surnames are more common among African Americans in New Orleans than in any other place in the nation,
No it is common that French surnames are more common amongst people of Creole heritage NOT African American heritage. There are grave historical differences please read and educate yourself from books that predated U.S. history and people that try to use the term African American interchangeably do not understand the history of the people who formed the Louisiana Territory...My history is almost 10 generations of Louisiana Creoles Bloodline!!!!
Very true
Tito Torres but he was talking about black people with those names.
I like haw they never said what the drink was.
Creole women are the most Beautiful women on this planet!
Today would’ve been the first day of our Music Tour in New Orleans but Corona :(((
There is a glaring historical error here...St. Louis Cathedral was named after Louis IX, King of France, not Louis XIV, and it is Louis IX depicted on the fresco above the main altar. Louisiana was named after Louis XIV.
Correct
We worshipped at the Cathedral every Sunday, walking from our apartment in the Lower Pontalba. The history of Nouvelle Orleans owes so much to Micaela Almonester, daughter of Don Andreas Almonester, who was married to Celestin de Pontalba at the age of 15. Taken back to France, she was shot by her father-in-law as he wanted her vast dowry.
Baroness de Pontalba returned to Louisiana, where she turned the Plaza des Armas (the drill grounds in front of the Cathedral and the Cabildo) into a park, commissioned the equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson, hero of the Battle of New Orleans, and named all Jackson Square. This brilliant woman then created twin apartment buildings in the style of Parisian buildings. Many innovations, such as the prefabrication of segments and the wrought iron work eith the initials “MAP” were brought to the site.
She then returned to France to care for her mentally unbalanced husband until his death.
I love New Orleans, have lived there, and it has been for 45 years an integral part of my life. Of course the city has French roots. But the device of having New Orleanians speak in French in this video creates an impression that French is commonly spoken. It is not. Yes, there are individuals, Creole Associations, and and other private situations where it is heard. But if you hear French spoken on the street-except for the occasional phrase or word that is part of everyday speech- you are likely hearing a tourist.
Actually French is spoken within families of French roots more than people think.
@@annabernardjazzvocalist3464 In 45 years I haven't met even one family with a French name that spoke French extensively or even periodically. How did I manage that?
@@nicholasholiday941 Cultural genocide, but still, many families do still speak it, and many are starting to speak again as of late
There is no French heritage in New Orleans anymore. Only buildings and some street names. You would have to go west of Bayou Lafourche to Lafiyette to see any French Heritage today.
Joe Hop that’s kinda true but not exactly. There’s still a lot more people here with french heritage than in most other places in the US
funny how you wrote lafayette, the way we pronounce it in english. grew up half in lafayette, half in Lyon france
You have no idea what you’re talking about. There are still people of French ancestry in the New Orleans neighborhoods of Mid City (near City Park and Esplanade Ave area), Lakeview and some in the Garden district. Most of it from old New Orleans is in the suburbs surrounding New Orleans in Metairie, Kenner, St. Bernard, Westbank, Plaquemines Parish and the Northshore. These white French descendants are called French Creoles. And there is plenty of French ancestry (Acadian/cajun type) between New Orleans and Bayou Lafourche too...like Luling, Boutte, Des Allemands, raceland, Lockport etc. and plenty on Bayou Lafaourche... you can’t be from Southeast Louisiana and saying something like that....
The Cathedral of St. Louis King of France was named for Louis IX.
It was rebuilt by Don Andres Almonester y Roxas following a fire which destroyed much of the city. To the right of the Cathedral is the Cabildo, the center of government for both the Spanish and French government of the region.
The Vieux Carre was developed by Don Andreas’ daughter, Micaela Almonester. Married at 15 and taken back to France, her life was turned to horror as her father-in-law tried to kill her for her dowry. After he shot her, he killed himself. Micaela then fought for and recovered her fortune and sailed back to New Orleans.
Here she planned and built the twin Pontalba apartments. She then honored Andrew Jackson, hero of the Battle of New Orleans. The drill grounds in front of the Cabildo, the Cathedral and the Presbytere were turned into a park. Here she erected the equestrian statue of Jackson, enclosed the grounds with wrought iron railings and renamed it Jackson Square.
For those interested in a complete history of the beginnings of New Orleans, read Tulane professor Christina Vella’s “Intimate Enemies: The Two Worlds of the Baroness Pontalba.
The space before the
@@annbush1826 To the right of the cathedral is the presbytère, the cabildo is to the left of the cathedral. Also, Micaela only had certain parts of the Vieux Carré built such as the Pontalbas, she didn’t develop the entire French quarter or even most of it.
Do you know in which Catholic Church in New Orleans this production was included?
The interior scenes where they were singing was St. Augustine church the the Tremé neighborhood north of the French Quarter.
Une version en français serait intéressante.
Saint Louis was medieval king Louis IX (the Ninth) - depicted at 6:21 - and not Louis XIV (the Fourteenth) who was never beatified.
I hope the rest of the documentary is better researched...
7:42 I don't doubt that, but they avoid io digg too deep and skip over the fact that some of the more well-off free peoples of color also owned slaves at that time, which shouldn't be a surprise: slavery had always been a prevalent practice in African cultures long before Europe jumped on the bandwagon (even though you could say that, in the middle ages, serfdom was basically slavery that didn't say its name, as would be indentured servitude later) and, after all, that's where Europeans bought them to other Africans in the first place.
25:20 Mmh, with lyrics like: "Plaisir d'amour ne dure qu'un moment, Chagrin d'amour dure toute la vie." (Love's pleasure only lasts one moment, Heartbreak lasts forever), I wouldn't say "Plaisir d'Amour" - a song about a guy who has been dumped for another one by his girlfriend - is a love song... Well, at least certainly not a happy one.
Something which very few people know because it's never been closely studied, is that the proportions of French, Spanish, and Italian surnames are all larger in number among African Americans in New Orleans than in any other place in America.
That's most probably becuae of the mixing of the blacks with the French,Spanish,and Italians back in the 18th,and 19th Centuries.So,it seems that probably very,veyr few of the so-called"Afro-Ameircnas"are of purely African descent,my friends.
My Great Great Uncle,A.P. Dostie, was murdered outside Jackson Square fighting for the rights of the former slaves during reconstruction.
It was the site of an abandoned Indian village.
edit for subtitles: quays not keys
Does anyone remember Father LeDoux?
The Cathedral was named after St Louis (Louis the IX}. Most people of free color bought themselves out of slavery: many came from St Domingue fleeing the revolution.
Ay la ba!
They have a very different expression of the Catholic faith and it's beautiful. I actually prefer the extraordinary form of the Catholic mass. Bo misti pwesebi e bel langaji di bo komuniti. ❤
Best city in the world
This is at the mix ,french and indian.
saint louis never was louis the 14th, he was louis the 9th
Correct.
@@francinesicard464 Deux rois aux priorités diamétralement opposées. Enfances similaires pourtant. Comme quoi...
For a french, New Orleans is a mythical city in the US.....
I wish you didn't dub the french speaking parts.
v p i want to hear their french accent.
Notice how beautiful all the women in the church are!!!!
Vive l'héritage français de la Nouvelle-Orléans
There's 22 people hating New Orleans
french carré es en realidad bario espanol
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Des Français ?
No parl Français dan Lalwizyinn mô lami. Nou çé Creole, Cajun, é Houma. *I said this in Louisiana Creole French 🇫🇷*
Nous parlons français en Louisiane mon ami. Nous sommes créoles, cajuns et houmas. *I said this in French 🇫🇷*
We speak French in Louisiana my friend. We are Creoles, Cajuns, and Houmas. *I said this in English 🇺🇸*
Ninpo Budo mais de quoi tu parle mdr je pose la question si y a des fr dans les coms
Les Belges ca compte ?
@@ninpobudo3876 🤗 Vive les Créoles et Cajuns et Houmas ! Ça serait tellement cool d'aller visiter ! Salut de l'Alsace (Elsass)
Fuck yeah subtitles
Legalize marijuana
Slanted historical depictions of France discovery of Louisiana. Whatever happened to the beautiful native and aboriginals that lived in what is presently called New Orleans, Louisiana?
Yes but it wasn't those Indians that built the City of New Orleans and made it what it is today...it was those French Settlers that made New Orleans.....
@@Albertanator the french has always use the artisans of other races for instance, Haiti and enslaved and freed Africans.
So please, there is not much the French did do that can out weigh their muder, torture and genocide even up to this present day.
@@walidshabazz5193 Blah blah blah....your virtue signaling is excellent today....funny with your name, you know something about genocide and brutality...cough cough...Islamic invasion of India...the blooodiest event in history.....among plenty of other brutality from the ummah......regardless of your nonsense, it was those French settlers that get the majority of the credit for originally building New Orleans...that is a historical fact....
@@walidshabazz5193 Oh brother....you are a nation of islam clown....sorry...I am not wasting my time with a group of people that follow a racist clown like Louie Farrakhan...
Francophones in Louisiane didn’t conquer and subjugate the natives, they traded and intermarried. The natives in Louisiana became francophones peacefully, to the point that the largest francophone community in Louisiana right now is the Houma nation, I believe.
Wrong: St Louis was Louis IX
This video conenctrated way too long on one church.
This Brit narrator has a top French accent.
wasn’t Napoleon who sell them to the yankees? and they still hold a Bar in his honour?
You understood literally NOTHING, dunce. Give up.
Thanks,parts of family's is Frenchman's, englishmans.
It is a very dangerous place to go now. Not at all like it was before Katrina.
I'm from New Orleans and my best friend from the time we were in kindergarten was killed in St Roch cemetery in 1990. He became a junkie and was back there looking for dope and ran into the wrong person who put 3 slugs in his chest. Katrina wouldn't happen for another 15 years. It's always been a violent place.
It was more dangerous BEFORE Katrina. It was a crack cocaine gang-ridden hellhole in the late '80 - early '90s. MUCH safer now. Still not 'safe,' but not the nightmare it was in the early '90s.
the coolest catholic church
I’m from Louisiana, and I’ve just always viewed New Orleans as a fake representation of the state....in my opinion if you want real Louisiana go to places like Ville Platte, Eunice, Mamou, Opelousas, carencro, Rayne etc.
Because we’re the city but more so because we are and were the business center of the area. Unfortunately, we lost much of the Creole language due to Americanization happened in New Orleans first. Most of you in SW Louisiana were able to maintain a good part of the Creole language. I’m New Orleans, we do see ourselves as independent from the rest of the state.
@@slarvadain188 I remember it being very difficult to find boudin in New Orleans
I love all those places- the Cajuns and Creoles. But there is nothing fake about New Orleans if you go beyond Bourbon Street, Cher, you need to study New Orleans history and you will see that New Orleans never was like all those fine places because it was and is a different culture. And sadly most of the French culture is gone.
@@nicholasholiday941 being raised in Louisiana ive been to New Orleans once in my life...alot of outsiders always ask why I've only been once...but if youre from Louisiana New Orleans is not necessarily a place you vacation to
@@nicholasholiday941 Id much rather Lafayette or Lake Charles (even tho thats pretty much texas lol)
Kisses. Very funny.
Saint Louis = Louis the Fourteenth...I'll have heard all.
Saint Louis = Louis ninth, you dorks.
I was reading in a old collection of folk tales and ghost stories and local and stae history of LA. that when Spainish rule ended the french of LA were overjoyed to be reunited with mother france and then napolion sold new france and it people to the growing united states for a song and the inhabitants were not very pleased to put it politly, so Napolion was def. not popular with everybody. La was allso deeply catholic were most of America in 1803 were not, they spoke french and had french ways despit being a colany of spain for about 30 or 40 years and Early america saw the freanch and freanch culture as degenerate and decadent and against the american way of life wench why the usefull invention of the Beeday never cuaght on in the USA....mores the pitty. the french & creole planters and aristocracy were horrified and looked down on the new flow os Anglo saxions to LA and new orleans who eventually took over in the areas of buissness and social life and plantionon life as well. in fackt French culture and customs in new france were allmost compleatly wiped out by the time the civil wat broke out. luckyly it was not whiped out alltogether and is protected by those who are prowd decendants of mother france, wether they were smugglers, whores , deposed or exiled aristocrates or other casses of criminals.
The people from Louisiana didn't weren't even aware they had been given back to France, it was kept secret.
Can we give it back to France?
No. The french are muslims now!
@Sam Suby That don't make sense.
Why? They sold it to us.
Why not Spain
Hey Shift Er ! Do you a even a simple idea of what The French origin of north America is ? www.google.ca/search?q=history+of+france+in+north+america+map&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=fr-ca&client=safari#imgrc=xK1kwdHqs6XDIM:
LOL " at the times thes places were less like Jazz Clubs and more like brothels" just say it how it was they were brothels! Stroyvill was americas only legal red light districk until 1917 when the US navy forced it to shut down. New orleans made back in the day something like 2-3 million a year off of taxes collected from brothels in those 16 blocks were the Iberville Prject now occupies convert that to today and it would be something like 20 million or more a year. But in reality the districkt as it was called was ment to shield the "Undesirables" from respectable new orleans society. Afer all many of Louisiana's firt generation of mothers and wifes were former whores and new orleans allways seemed to have a Look the other way approch to the worlds oldest instutuion, but of course they did not want a madam setting up a cat house or gambling parlor next to there house which did happen, so to get controll of the vice problem in New Orleans the city created a Red Light District 16 blocks were Prostution and gambling was (within reason) legal. armstrong was for most of "storyville's" 20 year history just a Kid but he cut his teeth lerning jazz not to mention Pimping from other big names of the time . Virtully nothing of Stroyvill remains, except mabe 8 - 10 buildings and old pictures.
"Nicee"...
I like french girl
French heritage? Funny how everyone says it was named Louisiana. No. It was named Louisianne. The Spanish changed it to Louisiana. And the French Quarter is the SPANISH Quarter. The Catholicism is Spanish. The Spanish from Louisiana helped George Washington with money and troops. France was brook. The Spanish gave money to France to give the USA. But let's go along with the whole French idea that's been fed to us.
Rewriting history???
@@francinesicard464 Not really, he's right for the most part. Though Catholicism is due to France too. But he's not rewriting history, rather philo-French sentiment has rewritten history a little bit (not trully, just forgot everything Spanish lol). The French Quarter is definitely Spanish, not truly french, in fact, it is called Vieux Carré in French, as it was one of the oldest, but it burned down and was then rebuilt by Spaniards following Spanish styles. It is also Spain who helped the USA the most, not France, and of course Spanish Lousiana (not French Louisiana). About Spain fgivinf money to France so that France gave it to the USA, nah, I don't think so. France contributed a bit to USA independece (way WAY less than Spain, though) on its own account, not with Spanish money. It is also La Louisiane in French, it was indeed the Spanish who changed the spelling, which is obvious to any one who knows a little bit of Spanish and French. And mind, I know French culture and influence is much greater in Louisiana than the one from Spain, but I'm also well aware of how the Spanish influence and past has been grossly overlooked, even tot he point of claming Spanish elements to be French. So no, no one is rewriting history, is more abut actually writing the entire and correct history, and not cherrypick part of it or turn Spanish influence into French influence because of some sort of anti-Spanish sentiment due to Spanish Black Legend, promoted by English, Dutch and French for centuries.
False
Fondation is french
@@goodaimshield1115 is Louis XVI whi helped more USa not Spain
Let it sink.
*let it sink*
America: that would be a economic and cultural disaster to the United States
*let it sink*:')
America: we won't let that happen
*let it sink*
America: foolish imbecile
*LETITTSINKKUHHH*
America: your drunk go home
Dean Koch you sound dumb asf 😂😂😂 sincerely New Orleans !
@Dennis Koch lordsy cher
I done went to sleep then woke up to this big ass false quote
Don't want to fight
But have a normal conversation
Why do you think new Orleans will not be missed, why do you hate it
@@swacman04 me......😲
@Dennis Koch New Orleans is the south... It is A M E R I C A. Get used to it.
Lol it’s called a secondline
My Great Great Uncle,A.P. Dostie, was murdered outside Jackson Square fighting for the rights of the former slaves during reconstruction.