unincorporated community
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Louisiana
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Lafourche Parish Public Schools
Lafourche Parish Public Schools is a school district headquartered in Thibodaux, Louisiana.
The district serves all of Lafourche Parish, including a portion of Des Allemands.See search page/ref>''Engineering News-Record'', Volume 143, Part 1. McG ...
operates public schools.
The area primary schools would be Lockport Lower and Lockport Upper Elementary Schools in Lockport, and the area junior high school is Lockport Middle School in Lockport. The area high school is
Central Lafourche High School
Central Lafourche High School (CLHS) is a public high school serving students in grades 9 through 12 in Mathews, unincorporated Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, United States,Branch Locations and Contact " Lafourche Parish Library. Retrieved on November 28, 2018.
Mardi Gras
Gheens is one of the only two southeastern Louisiana communities that still practice the traditional
Mardi Gras
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chase, a tradition that has taken place in Gheens dating back to the turn of the 20th century. In this event following the community's annual Mardi Gras parade, masked men or "Mardi Gras" descend from trailers to chase and whip the town's children with willow branches, symbolizing atonement from sin. In order to avoid being whipped, children must kneel and say "pardon," meaning "pardon me" in Cajun French; however, many children choose to run from the Mardi Gras, at risk of being whipped. Mardi Gras flogging is primarily symbolic, and Mardi Gras generally deliver, at most, a light tap on the back of the victim's legs.