1. Tremé Culture Enrichment Class
Presented at
Lagniappe Academies,
Tremé, New Orleans
Fall 2011 – Spring 2012
A Program of the Pertunia Foundation
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2. Visits From
Fi Yi Yi
and the
Mandingo Warriors
Mardi Gras Indians
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7. Beading and Patch Making
with
Fi Yi Yi
Mardi Gras Indians
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9. Sewing Beaded Patches
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10. Beaded Patches
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11. Beaded Patches
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12. Making Headpieces
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15. Second Line Umbrellas
and
Skull Masks
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18. Making Papier Maché Skeleton Mask
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19. Field Trip
to
Ogden Museum of Southern Art
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24. Class Guests
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25. Bruce Barnes, Chief of Bone Gang
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26. Royce Osborn
Bone Gang Member and Local Documentary
Maker
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27. North Side Skull & Bone Gang Skull
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28. Fi Yi Yi Indians Visit Class
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29. Field Trip
to
House of Dance and Feathers
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32. Field Trip
To
Backstreet Cultural Museum
For Class Awards
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35. Final Fieldtrip:
Backstreet Cultural Museum
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38. REACH Ceremony
Celebration and Graduation
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42. Lagniappe Academies’ Tremé Culture Program
This program was created by the Pertunia Foundation Inc. for
the Lagniappe Academies in Tremé, New Orleans.
The guest artists were funded by the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation
The program is available to other schools.
All content of the program is © Pertunia Foundation Inc. 2011 & 2012
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43. The Pertunia Foundation Inc. is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit educational
organization dedicated to promoting and preserving the unique
cultural heritage of the great city of New Orleans.
The foundation creates and presents educational programs that focus
on the parading and social aid organizations of Tremé and the Mardi
Gras Indian, jazz funeral and second line culture.
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