Please join the Bayou Culture Collaborative for our February 21, 2025 gathering of people and organizations focused on preserving Louisiana’s heritage and examining the effects of land loss on local culture.

Mardi Gras offers us an opportunity to look at community heritage and traditions as indicators of community strength. In this presentation, Dr. Jennifer Morrison will discuss how in recent years, Acadiana Mardi Gras has undergone an interesting evolution. Due to John Weatherall’s camera, and the rise of social media platforms like TikTok and Instagram; Acadiana’s Mardi Gras celebration has become a space where community is forming. Dr. Morrison will discuss the cultural implication of John Weatherall’s reconstruction of Acadiana rural Mardi Gras and what it means for understanding community.

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When: Friday, February 21, 2025 from noon to 1:30 p.m. Central

Speaker: Dr. Jennifer Morrison, Department of English at Xavier University

Title: “John Weatherall and the Reconstruction of Acadiana’s Rural Mardi Gras”

Where: Via Zoom, free

The Louisiana Folklore Society offers these gatherings to share perspectives on the human dimension of coastal land loss. In partnership with the Center for Bayou Studies at Nicholls State Univ. and the South Louisiana Wetlands Discovery Center, the Bayou Culture Gatherings are supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Louisiana Division of the Arts, the Office of Cultural Development and the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, and the Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program.

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For more information, contact the BCC at bayouculturecollaborative@gmail.com.