CORRECTION questions "last text about New Orleans: voodoo..."

 

Questions:

A)  How many parts are there in the article? Give them a title.

First the main idea is that tourism is influenced by the presence of voodoo.

Then the birth of voodoo is explained.

Next we discover Marie Laveau

Besides there are buildings and shops selling voodoo items which attract tourists

Eventually = Finally the reader discovers La Laurie Mansion

 

B)   When and why was Voodoo born?

It was created at the very beginning of the XVIII/ in the early century. It was influenced both by white and black cultures (black slaves). It’s a kind a new belief…

 

C)  Who was Marie Laveau? Use your own words.

She was known as the voodoo queen, she was the most famous voodoo expert … a kind of witch?

 

D)  Why doo many people want to see Marie Laveau’s grave (“tombe”)?

People want her blessing/ her to bless them; they expect her to enable them to fulfil their wishes, to solve their problems…

She has been very popular since the middle of the XIX century.

 

E)   Guess the meaning of:

-        tiptoe (l. 3)   marcher sur la pointe des pieds

-        swampy (l. 6)  (adj)  marécageux

-        believers (l. 9) (N)  croyants, fidèles

-        enslaved (l.11)  réduits en esclave, asservis

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F)   Use your own words to explain what happened in:

-        1853 There was an epidemic of yellow fever.  Since then People have respected M. Laveau

-        1982 a music band tried to take her corpse (out of her grave)

-        2015  new rules were implemented to protect some sites: people are not allowed to/ are forbidden to visit a cemetery without a guide.

 

G)  Which other places related to voodoo can you see in NO?

 There are museums, shops... and a particularly creepy mansion...

to make your blood run cold.

H)  According to you why are so many tourists attracted by these places?

 

It’s mysterious, weird (odd, strange ) ; even if it’s a little creepy/ scary/ frightening.

 

However people like being scared; and it’s a kind a business too.