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Festival celebrates the melting pot of New Orleans

In Arts, Culture & Leisure posted by TD Staff

The Treme neighborhood, the oldest African-American neighborhood in the country, has been a key proving ground in the birthplace of jazz, and New Orleans’ melting-pot culture as symbolized by the ubiquitous dish called gumbo.

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The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation presents the second annual Treme Creole Gumbo Festival this weekend.



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