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CULTURAL PRACTICES

Songs
Cover page from collection of Creole songs by Clara Gottschalk Peterson
Musical Instruments
Illustration of drums and drumming style played at Congo Square. Benjamin Labtrobe, 1819
Dances
The Calinda, dance of the Negroes in America 
Religion and Spirituality
Plaque at the grave of Louisiana Voodoo Queen, Marie Laveau
Economic Exchange
Market woman selling pralines. “Picturesque America: The Praline-seller, New Orleans” 
Indigenous Practices
Jazz funeral for civil rights lawyer Lois Edward Elie culminates in Congo Square. Photo courtesy of Freddi Evans.

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