Informative Speech On Louisiana

Culture is a way of life that is current and it represents who you are. It's a lot of things dealing with culture, but the main three I'm going to focus on are: food, music, and events. I'm going to talk about what dish Louisiana is most known for. How everyone comes to Louisiana to celebrate these most known events. And also, how we live in the same state but people grew up listening to different music.

Food is very important in people's culture. Everyone loves food, but not everyone enjoys eating the same food. For example, gumbo is an extremely common dish in Louisiana. People in Northern states might not know what gumbo is or they might cook it different. In Louisiana, we put seafood in our gumbo and some people even add sausage. We also like to make it spicy. Another food we love in the South is crawfish. We take a big pot, and add water with crawfish boil seasoning to make it spicy. Some people put corn and potatoes in there with the crawfish. Then, after it's done, you pour the crawfish on a table and everyone eats. Those are the two most known foods that people love in Louisiana.

We have a lot of known events in Louisiana that people from all around like to come to.

For example, Mardi Gras is celebrated heavily in New Orleans. It always has been. Everyone loves the parades and all the food that's available for tourists to try. After the parades are over, a lot of people like to just hang around on Bourbon St. and have fun and get drunk. Another event that's much known is Bayou Classic. Everyone goes to New Orleans for Bayou Classic. They go to watch the football game. They also go for the concerts. They have different singers that would go down there during the classics and perform. Even some of the celebrities will be there. These events really mean a lot to people all

around.

There's all kinds of different music. People listen to the music they grew up around. For example, rap is a genre of music. Mostly blacks listen to rap because that's what they grew up listening to. Now they have other races that listen to it, but they didn't grow up around it. Another type of music is zydeco. Zydeco is much known in the country. If you go to the country like New Roads and Port Allen you will hear people listening to zydeco music. Also if you go to trail rides that's all they play. I listen to rap and zydeco because half of my people from the city and the other half from the country.

Those where a couple of things that are very important to people's cultures. The different foods and how people cook them. All the known events that people really enjoy going to. Even the types of music people like to hear. All those things represent what people are and some of them mean a lot to them.