I-Orleans iSixeko esiHlangeneyo
Kukho iinkohlakalo ezininzi eNew Orleans. Enyanisweni, asifaki "ipara" kumsebenzi oqhelekileyo xa sithetha ngabo. Kithina, kusondele kumgangatho oqhelekileyo ukuba ube nomoya okanye ezimbini endlwini yakho. Indlu yethu ifana nendawo enkulu yeevenkile zasekhaya zaseNew Orleans kwaye yakhiwa ngawo-1870. Sinomoya wesifazana. Umyeni wam umbiza ngokuthi "uCarney". Uyakuthanda ukuhambisa izinto ezungeze kwiingubo kunye nokusongela iikati ngokuhamba phantsi ezitebhisini ebusuku, kodwa ngenye indlela, uhlelile.
Njengoko izitho zihamba, akayikrele, kwaye mhlawumbi zifana nezona zivalo e-New Orleans. Ngaloo ndlela, akayi kufumana ibali ebhaliweyo ngaye. UCarney uhlamba indlu kwenye yezona zixeko ezininzi kakhulu. Ngoko, mhlawumbi akayi kuba udumo ngaphandle kwabahlobo kunye nosapho.
Izifo ezifana neCarney azifumani ezininzi zokushicilela. Kodwa, abanye baseNew Orleans benza. UFarar Antonio de Sedella weza eNew Orleans malunga ne-1774 kunye neNkundla yokuCandwa kweeSpain e-Louisiana. Awuzange ube nomdla onomdla, ngaphezu kweminyaka embalwa, uYise Sedella waba ngumthandi uPere Antoine, umfundisi we (ngoko) iSonto LaseSt. Louis. I-alley kunye neSthedral yaseSt. Louis ibizwa ngaye, nguPere Antoine Alley. Uhlala ejikeleze iSthedral yaseSt. Louis, engesiyo indawo embi yokunyakaza. I-Cathedral isuka kwiJackson Square kwaye ikhona entliziyweni yeNew Quarter yesiFrentshi eNew Orleans .
Kwaye kukho iNkosana uSuleyman, iTurk oye wathi ngu-sultan, okanye owayesakuba ngumfundisi, welizwe lasempuma.
Kubonakala ukuba, uSultan wenza iintshaba ezinobundlobongela ngaphambi kokuba ahambe kwiNew Orleans kwaye bamhlawulela yena kunye nabahlali bakhe ngokutyelela ngokubulalayo. Nangona efile, uSultan akazange ahambe. I-Sultan mhlawumbi iyona nto iyingqayizivele kwaye iyimfihlakalo yeeNew Orleans. Nali lakhe ibali.
Indoda enhle yaseOctooroon, uJulie, yayiyinkosikazi yamafama aseFransi ekuqaleni kwee-1800.
Inkosi kaJulie yayigcina isitayela esihle kwikhaya elihle kwiRoyal Street. Wamnika iingubo ezintle kunye neengubo. Wayeqinisekisa ukuba wayenokutya okumnandi ukuba adle kunye nabakhonzi ukuba banakekele yonke into yakhe. Umfokazi waseFransi wayeza kuJulie uninzi lwasemini kunye nobabini benza uthando olunomdla ngobusuku obunobutsha baseNew Orleans. Kodwa, uJulie wenza enye iphutha elikhulu, wayethanda nomfokazi ongumFrentshi waza wathetha ngomtshato kaninzi. UmFrentshi wayenothando, kodwa umtshato kumfazi onomzimba omnyama we-1/8 wawungenakucingelwa ngelo xesha. Ekugqibeleni, inkosi yakwaJulie yavuma umtshato, ukuba uJulie wayenokubonisa ukuba uyamthanda. Wamthembisa uJulie ukuba ukuba wachitha ubusuku ngaphandle, wayeza kulala naye. Oku bekukuDisemba. Umfokazi waseFransi wayenesiqiniseko sokuba uJulie wayehlala ngaphandle ngaphandle kwexesha kwaye angene kwigumbi lakhe elifudumele ngaphambi kwexesha elide. Ngelishwa, inkosi yayingalunganga. Ngentsasa, wafumana uJulie wakhe omhle, ehamba kunye engenamntu ngaphandle kwidonki yakhe. Ngoku ngobusuku obushushu bukaDisemba ebusuku uJulie ubonakala ehamba eluphahleni, ehamba ze.
Ndiya kucinga ukuba indlu eninzi kakhulu kunye neentlondi ezimbi kakhulu zaqhubeka kwi-Lalaurie Mansion kwisiGaba seFransi. Ngokuqinisekileyo, indlu eninzi kakhulu e-New Orleans iLalaurie Mansion ngokuqinisekileyo yinyamezele imbali eyingozi kakhulu, kwaye idumela layo lokuvakatyelelwa kwamanye amazwe lifanelekile kwaye libhalwe kakuhle.
Emva kokuba ikhaya likaDkt Louis LaLaurie nomfazi wakhe, uDelphine, le ndlu yavela ngokukhawuleza ibe yindawo ebonakalayo yecala kumakhoboka xa kwaqhambuka umlilo ngo-1835. Funda ibali lonke.
I-Petit Theatre iphantse ibe yiminyaka eyi-100 ubudala kwaye isebenze njengemidlalo yaseshashalazini kwinqanaba laseFransi ukususela ekuqaleni kwayo. Kukho ukulungiswa kwamanye ngoku kwaye kuya kuba lunomdla ukubona ukuba umntu ohlala kuyo, indoda egqibeleleyo kwindlobo yexesha le-19 leminyaka, uya kubakho ukuvula entsha.
Kukho ezinye iimbumbi eNew Orleans. Eminye kwiihotele, eminye kwimivalo, kunye nezinye, njengeCarney, kwizindlu eziqhelekileyo zaseNew Orleans.