Tremé Culture Enrichment Class

Presented at Lagniappe Academies, Tremé, New Orleans

Fall 2011 – Spring 2012

A Program of the Pertunia Foundation www.pertunia.org

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Visits From

Fi Yi Yi and the

Mandingo Warriors

Mardi Gras Indians

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Beading and Patch Making

with

Fi Yi Yi

Mardi Gras Indians

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Sewing Beaded Patches

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Beaded Patches

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Beaded Patches

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Making Headpieces

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Second Line Umbrellas

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Skull Masks

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Making Papier Maché Skeleton Mask

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Field Trip

to

Ogden Museum of Southern Art

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Class Guests

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Bruce Barnes, Chief of Bone Gang

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Royce Osborn Bone Gang Member and Local Documentary

Maker

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North Side Skull & Bone Gang Skull

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Fi Yi Yi Indians Visit Class

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Field Trip

to

House of Dance and Feathers

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Field Trip

To

Backstreet Cultural Museum

For Class Awards

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Final Fieldtrip: Backstreet Cultural Museum

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REACH Ceremony

Celebration and Graduation

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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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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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www.pertunia.org

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