Multicultural New Orleans

The many places and people who helped create New Orleans

Many cultures made New Orleans: Cajun and Creole. French and Spanish. German. Latino, Irish and African. Along the river, in the streets, on the porches and under the eaves, newcomers settling in the Crescent City built upon their own native traditions to fashion the distinctive and elaborate culture the entire world knows as New Orleans. Whether it’s the accent, the food, the music or the architecture, this city is one of the most unique in the world thanks to the contributions made by the people who built it. Discover more about the cultures that created modern New Orleans.

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Multicultural Museums

There are pocket museums dedicated to saluting these cultural and ethnic treasures all around town, casting a light on the transformative powers that came together to form New Orleans…

Multilingual Tours

With new direct flights to Europe and South America lining up on the tarmac, New Orleans is seeing a growing number of foreign visitors speaking a host of languages beyond English. And really…

New Orleans Sayings

Informed by centuries of Technicolor culture and a simmering stew of ethnicities, New Orleans speak is as individual as the city that inspires it. 

Multicultural Traditions

Multicultural History

Cajuns

Cajun influence is seen throughout Louisiana: the famous seasonings of Chef Paul Prudhomme, crawfish…

French

French culture has always influenced New Orleans traditions; the French Catholics brought Mardi…

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