Always for Pleasure (1978)

Always for Pleasure 1978 A look at the spirit of New Orleans First a funeral Allen Toussaint explains that you arrive slow and cut up afterwards Then its food, with a lesson in eating crayfish at Frankie and Johnnys Next, a St Patricks Day party New Orleans celebrates holidays on the streets Then its preparation for Mardi gras, with roots in slave days, when slaves gathered on Sundays to prepare for the one holiday they could celebrate The Wild Tchoupitoulas society makes Indian costumes to honor the help Indians gave slaves At Mardi gras, were with this society parading, singing, and partying We end with the annual parade for St Joseph, the saint of the people More music, dance and ritual

Genre: Documentary , Music

Actor: Kid Thomas , Allen Toussaint , Blue Lu Barker

Director: Les Blank

Country: English

Release: 20 May 1982

Duration: 58 min

Quality: HD

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