Anna Servaes
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- September 2016
- ISBN:
- 9781628462104
- eISBN:
- 9781626745599
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Mississippi
- DOI:
- 10.14325/mississippi/9781628462104.003.0013
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Social Groups
This chapter concludes the study on La Guiannée of Ste. Genevieve and Prairie du Rocher by bringing together the idea individuals, people, or culture hold onto objects, songs, signs, and other ...
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This chapter concludes the study on La Guiannée of Ste. Genevieve and Prairie du Rocher by bringing together the idea individuals, people, or culture hold onto objects, songs, signs, and other symbols because of the memory they evoke. Memories attached to the Guiannée come from the participants’ imagination because the celebration adapts and changes at each place they perform. Festivals like the Rendezvous and the Jour de Fête create a medium to communicate culture to outsiders, maintaining an historical and cultural continuity. The Guiannée resonates between the known histories of the communities and the values passed on from the historical ancestors, a lieu de mémoire which links the two worlds. Heritage tourism and the availability of information provide valuable cultural exchanges, enabling individuals to share a common bond through the Guiannée.Less
This chapter concludes the study on La Guiannée of Ste. Genevieve and Prairie du Rocher by bringing together the idea individuals, people, or culture hold onto objects, songs, signs, and other symbols because of the memory they evoke. Memories attached to the Guiannée come from the participants’ imagination because the celebration adapts and changes at each place they perform. Festivals like the Rendezvous and the Jour de Fête create a medium to communicate culture to outsiders, maintaining an historical and cultural continuity. The Guiannée resonates between the known histories of the communities and the values passed on from the historical ancestors, a lieu de mémoire which links the two worlds. Heritage tourism and the availability of information provide valuable cultural exchanges, enabling individuals to share a common bond through the Guiannée.
Anna Servaes
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- September 2016
- ISBN:
- 9781628462104
- eISBN:
- 9781626745599
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Mississippi
- DOI:
- 10.14325/mississippi/9781628462104.003.0008
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Social Groups
This chapter considers food along the Guiannée’s journey on New Year’s Eve. Traditionally, food was offered during the carnival time to nourish the community, including the indigent, during the ...
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This chapter considers food along the Guiannée’s journey on New Year’s Eve. Traditionally, food was offered during the carnival time to nourish the community, including the indigent, during the winter months when no crops were available. The prepared meals and other foods are offered in exchange for the performance. In the Midwest, the main communal meal is a chicken bouillon, a chicken soup. Offering and sharing food during the carnival season renews the solidarity among the members through forgiveness of past conflicts. Sharing meals also contributes to the collective imagination and cultural transmission through the stories or information recalled at these communal meals.Less
This chapter considers food along the Guiannée’s journey on New Year’s Eve. Traditionally, food was offered during the carnival time to nourish the community, including the indigent, during the winter months when no crops were available. The prepared meals and other foods are offered in exchange for the performance. In the Midwest, the main communal meal is a chicken bouillon, a chicken soup. Offering and sharing food during the carnival season renews the solidarity among the members through forgiveness of past conflicts. Sharing meals also contributes to the collective imagination and cultural transmission through the stories or information recalled at these communal meals.
