Braden+Y.

Francophone As I have learned in French class, a Francophone is a French speaking country. There are many French-speaking **countries li**ke France, of course, Madagascar, Haiti, Guadeloupe, French Algeria, Belgium, and many more. Aside from France, the French countries of the world speak French because settlers and explorers that navigated around the world in the early centuries to find more land for their country and make the most of the resources in others. The modern Francophones of today have evolved to incorporated the cultures of their native societies, as well as, incoming immigrants from all over the world. Many **Francophones** contain French heritage at their roots, but have also intertwined ethnic foods, customs, and holidays into their natural way of life. One place where I would like to go is Quebec, even though it's just north of us, the culture is so different. Quebec is one of the many Francophones that has taken in immigrants and has made them **apart** of it's society; incorporating their culture into the F**rench** way of life. Even though the French founded Quebec, the control was taken from them in the 18th century after a war between the British and the French. Britain now controls Quebec, but because of the Quebec Act, the French essence of Quebec has been preserved. Along with the French culture in Quebec, many more European societies have made their mark on the streets in Quebec. After WWII, immigrants from the oppressed areas in Europe fled their countries and retreated to the United States and Canada. Quebec being one of the biggest cities in Canada, it attracted most of the immigrants migrating to North America. Because of the wide array of cultures and diversity, I would very much like to visit Quebec. Another place that I would like to visit would be Madagascar. Given that it's a tropical island of the coast of W**est** A**frica** was enough to persuade me, but the fact that French is such an important feature to the island is icing on the cake. I have seen the animateProxy-Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: max-age=0 oxy-Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: max-age=0 20movie 'Madagascar' and%Proxy-Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: max-age=0 2Proxy-Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: max-age=0 hought that is was an island of ravenous beasts and beautiful **Boab** trees, but now seeing that it was discovered by France and also still hold the strong African culture and beliefs is amazingly beautiful. For my third and last place that I would want to visit would be New Orleans, Louisiana. Even though it is so close to home, and even still in America, I'm aware of **it's** importance in America's history, as well as, the strong French culture that it processes. Another part of New Orleans that intrigued was the Mardi Gras festivities. My parents participated in the celebration about seven years ago and loved it, I think that to participate in that kind of celebration is magnificent becaus**e asid**e from the partying, the parade and festival has great historical value as well. Traveling around the world would be heaven for me, enjoying beautiful sunrises and sunsets on tropical islands and in European villas could really only happen dreams for most people. But visiting places like Quebec and New Orleans is very tangible, merely because they are so close. Visiting them would allow me to see the French influence on the world, and even in my own country. Through this Fracophone project, my eyes have been opened to the French communities around the world that I would have never expect**ed lik**e Guadeloupe, New England, Madagascar, and even Vietnam and the Ivory Coast.

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Young. La Culture Française

Quebec

Quebec is very well-known providence of Canada, just north of Maine and the other New England states. Quebec is a very diverse region, in that there are spectacular views of mountains and dense forest but then there are thriving metropolises in south Quebec. Contrary to the south, the north is filled with wild life that can't be found the United States. There are wild caribous and moose, and in the ocean and rivers in the area you can find a large variety of whales, dolphins and see loins. Also in the North, there is a region called The Laurentides where you can see valley upon valley of orange, yellow, and red foliage in the fall that is absolutely beautiful. Moving down to south Quebec where the vast majority of the population resides, ice hockey is known as the most popular sport in Quebec. Montreal, which is one of the biggest cities in Qubec, is the second largest french-speaking city in the world, after Paris. The food that Quebec is known for isn't nessesarily unique to the area, but their roots might reside in Quebecios history. Blueberry and minced meat pie are of the recognizable foods. Quebec was discovered by Samuel de Champlain and Jacques