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Name: Martine Malarchar

__Culture:__
The Creoles culture that began in Mali and Senegal Africa. Though it really took off during the time of the founding of the new world with the French and Spanish from which the language: Creole, originated. They are white people and hold places as aristocrats or in the upper class. Most live in the old south of America, more specifically Louisiana. So to summarize the Creoles as a people are in the upper class as a people and partake in activities that would make you assume that they were part of the upper class. Today they consist of peoples that live in the old south mostly Lousiana.

__Language__
Their language is fairly simple to describe it has come to be a basic mix of Spanish and French.

__Beliefs__
What I could find of the modern day African American Creoles of Louisiana was that they were, like most other in Louisiana, Catholic. They still believe in using old techniques of healing by use of rituals and other "voodoo". Home altars are commonly seen in Creoles communities along with the use of holy water. These people are very faithful to the catholic church. They even would have a shine covered in flower dedicated to the virgin mary.

The French and Spanish aristocrat Creoles believed that men must marry not by love but by a more of a business arrangement. Young men were given their own housing for entertainment along with a mistress whom which they could not marry. The husband was the "king" of the house. What he says goes. He was not always the most reliable of a husband to his wife but he would have a large home, crop, etc.

__Values__
Their values again go back to that aristocrat way of living. They are very honorable people. If you were challenged to a gun duel it would be dishonorable to decline.Then if you died dueling, you at least died honorably.

__Behaviors__
Their behaivors are based directly off that idea of honorability. A man was expected to take up fencing, horse back riding and other high end activites. Women were expected to marry a man by 25 years of age. They would have an event to comemorate the begining to their search for a man. Then for a religious event like easter kids would stay up as late as they could and try to find the rabbits when they come out. In the morning their nest would be filled with colorful eggs. The children would have a competiton to find and break the eggs and at the end whoever had the most eggs won. This is a tradition that has grown widely popular in many other cultures.

__Challenges__
The only challenges that my culture may face is the fact that the African American groups of the Creoles still practice their rituals. This has already been discriminated against as being deemed "voodoo". Another challenge may be that the aristocrats of the Creoles may be thought of as being upper class snobs that only care about themselves.

__Citations__
Primary: "TLC's Web Site Has Moved." //TLC's Web Site Has Moved//. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Feb. 2013. [] Written: Steen, Susan. "Creole traditions." //Faces: People, Places, and Cultures// Sept. 2004: 16+. //Student Resources in Context//. Web. 2 Feb. 2013. Document URL http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA123454042&v=2.1&u=pl7053&it=r&p=GPS&sw=w Secondary: http://centralacadianatourism.com/CreoleCulture.html "Creole Culture." //Creole Culture//. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Feb. 2013. http://www.frenchcreoles.com/CreoleCulture/common%20names/commonnames.htm "French Creoles | Common Names." //French Creoles | Common Names//. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Feb. 2013 http://www.everyculture.com/North-America/Black-Creoles-of-Louisiana-Religion-and-Expressive-Culture.html "Countries and Their Cultures." //Religion and Expressive Culture//. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Feb. 2013.