When the Saints go marchin in ...
Posted on 10/30/2005 7:50:51 PM PST by caryatid
Louisiana's death toll from Katrina now stands at 1,062. Nearly 350 victims have not been identified, and morgue officials are certain some may never be named. But Saturday, people celebrated the lives lost to the storm the only way they knew how.
With trumpets and trombones instead of tears, people filled the French Quarter Streets for a jazz funeral to honor Katrina's victims. Crescent City Funeral Directors sponsored the event, which also included an All Saints Day Mass Saturday afternoon.
"It's a beautiful thing," said Analisa Cisneros. "I'm so glad it's happening. It just gives me a feeling that even though it's a funeral, there will be a rebirth."
The comfort that comes with the clanking of horseshoes, the screaming horns and the familiar feeling of family ties with strangers inspired Dana Taplin.
"I think there's some kind of memory of this extraordinary ordeal for people who suffered through it," she said. "So now to have something like this going on -- it's good. At least the culture is still alive."
I thought they were mourning the Saints dreadful performance against the Dolphins.
That, too. Against the Dolphins ... etc.
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