Cajun+Culture

The Evangeline Oak supposedly marks the spot where the legendary heroine of the poem waited in vain for her true love, Gabriel. The statue dedicated to the character Evangeline is located at St. Martin de Tours Church.

[|The Myth of Evangeline] (Voir aussi [|Évangéline (mythe d'Acadie)]

Marie-Jo Thério - Évangéline paroles media type="youtube" key="MnM506WSCWQ" height="390" width="480"


 * Two Tales of Evangeline** *[|Evangeline] [|Evangeline, traduction français]Acadian Reminiscences: The True Story of the Acadians (1907) by Felix Voorhies [[file:acadianreminisce00vooriala.pdf]]

La chanson [|«Evangeline, Acadian Queen»], d'Angèle Arsenault,1977, est une suite d'images d'Évangéline qui nous confrontent au monde moderne d'aujourd'hui tandis que nous traversons quelques-unes des régions acadiennes.


 * Lectures**: Le grand dérangement et La Légende des écrevisses

[|Cyberacadie] - l'histoire acadienne au bout des doigts [|Grand Pré National Historic Site of Canada] and [|Société Promotion Grand Pré]
 * l'Histoire Acadienne**




 * La Louisiane et les Cadiens-** **A Bit of History and Culture**

La Louisiane - Activités, Liens, etc.

S'informer sur l'état de Louisiane -

[|Louisiana's Traditional Cultures] [|Partez a la decouverte de la Louisiane et des acadiens] (voir aussi: [|Fondation de la Louisiane] ) [|Cajun Country] (en anglais) [|Cajun History][|La Louisiane française]

[|Evangeline le site web](en francais et en anglais; contains a wealth of cultural and historical information about les cadiens)

[|Encyclopedia of Cajun Life]

[|Acadian Museum and its links]

[|Cajun Jokes]

[|Conseil Pour le Développement du français en Louisiane (CODOFIL)]

Zachary Richard chante **Reveille** ,devenu le chant de ralliement actuel des Acadiens, au Congrès Mondial Acadien en 1994. ([|paroles] ) media type="youtube" key="3_AescSs6GA" height="344" width="425"

[|Acadian and Cajun Acadian Flags] and

[|Streaming audio and video clips on Louisiana culture]

(merci aux écoles d'immersion en Louisiane)
 * Langue**

[|Louisiana's French Language] [|Cajun French] A [|History] of French in Louisiana and the [|decline] in speakers that led to the creation of [|CODOFIL] [|Je Suis Cadien] (poeme- extrait)

Zachary Richard - No French, No More media type="youtube" key="b8ms3JlCt0w" height="344" width="425" [|paroles]

[|Petit Glossaire Cadien-Anglais-Européen] [|Cajun-French-English Glossary] (presented by Dept. of French, Louisiana State U.; contains some sound files) [|Cajun French by Themes] [|LSU Cajun Pages] - contains grammaire and dictionaries [|Lexilogos dictionnaire acadien et cadien] [|The Cajun Bayou Dictionary]

Contes et Comptines - La Louisiane
 * Contes et Comptines**

[|Louisiana Folklore Glossary]

[|Acadian Art Gallery]
 * Art and Music**

[|L'Art de Georges Rodrigue] (le chien bleu, etc.)

[|Meet the Blue Dog] (from CBS Sunday Morning

La Légende du chien bleu media type="youtube" key="HoBDQZtIEi8" height="344" width="425"

Cajun Music at Mulate's in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana media type="youtube" key="e7LW64TS_IA" height="344" width="425"

[|Legendary Louisiana Musicians]

[|les chanteurs et les artistes acadiens]

[|Cajun musical instruments]

Cajun Visits - Trailer media type="youtube" key="DwyduOm2tN8" height="344" width="425" A series of five musical portraits of traditional Cajun master musicians at home in rural southwestern Louisana. The film, where the language spoken is an ever shifting mix of English and Cajun French,subtitled, is a loving tribute to these musicians and their unique musical culture. View the entire movie stream (appox. 30 minutes) [|here]

[|Listen Live!] [|More Listen Live] [| Rajun'Cajun]
 * Radio:**

Quelques Chansons: [|Coeur des Cajuns] [|Acadie a la Louisiane] [|Ma Louisiane]

Tit galop pour Mamou - a Cajun folk song with words and music by Dewey Balfa, and performed by Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys.The song’s narrator tells of a trip to the Louisiana town of Mamou, where he sells his mule and wagon for 15 cents to buy candies for children and sugar and coffee for older people. media type="file" key="Tit_Galop.mp3" width="240" height="20"

[|Where to order Cajun music (and assorted souvenirs)]

[|quelques renseignements] [|Cajun Food] [|Cajun Recipes] [|Online Food Tour] [|Tabasco] Recettes (du site d'immersion français en Louisiane) :
 * Manger en Louisiane**

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media type="youtube" key="YEqOxxVnfn8" height="344" width="425" [|about the film]
 * Trailer for "Raised on Rice and Gravy"**


 * Cajun Mardi Gras**

[|Cajun Mardi Gras]

media type="youtube" key="n-38ZBOkTW8" height="344" width="425" Every year before Lent begins, processions of masked and costumed revelers, often on horseback, go from house to house gathering ingredients for communal gumbos in communities across rural southwest Louisiana. The often-unruly participants in this ancient tradition play as beggars, fools, and thieves as they raid farmsteads and perform in exchange for charity or, in other words, "dance for a chicken." View full stream movie (appox. one hour) [|here].
 * Trailer - Dance for a Chicken - the Cajun Mardi Gras**.

alphabet cadien : (merci aux écoles d'immersion en Louisiane)

[|St. Martinville] [|Lafayette Travel.com] [|Acadian Village] [|Acadian Memorial] [|Swamp Tours] [|Festivals Acadiens]
 * Sites Touristiques**

media type="custom" key="8419616" Articles: [|BP Oil Imperils Cajun Culture] [|Cajuns on Gulf worry they may need to move again]
 * Oil and Water**

[|Dirty Cajuns] - organization of concerned citizens/cleanup