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LOUISIANA - Coggle Diagram
LOUISIANA
CITIES
Baton Rouge
: the capital of the state
New Orleans
: the main cultural city, and the biggest city
Monroe
Shreveport
Opelousas
Lafayette
LOCATION
South of the USA
Originally
In 1763 it becam a spanish colony
In 1800 it became a french colony
In 1803 : The USA bought it from France
15 million dollars
PRODUCTION
Shrimp
Oysters
WEST : best area to visit plantation homes
Alligators : Louisiana is the largest producer in the country
FOOD
Gumbo : a thick soup of seafood chicken and vegetables
Jambalaya : meat and vegetables mixed with rice
Seafood : shrimp, oysters, crawfish, crab, fish and even alligator
ACTIVITIES
: people spend most of time outdoors
trekking
Kayaking
fishing
CULTURE
Many festivales, and jazz music is the centerpiece of many of them
Jazz Fest in New Orleans
The Red River Revel
Festival International in Lafayette
Mardis Gras : famous celebration
Wearing costumes in the street
Dancing in the street
mixture of culture : "joie de vivre"
French
Spanish
Caribbean
African
Native American
NICKNAME : pelican state because fish attrack a lot of pelicans.
