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The Long Beach Bayou Festival just completed its 32nd annual event paying celebrating the Louisiana Cajun culture with music, food, and the ‘laissez les bons temps rouler’ attitude. Learn more about the Cajun way of life here: http://www.backpackingdiplomacy.com/3…
Being from Louisiana, I was quite surprised to learn about a Cajun festival in Long Beach. Even more interesting was that it was the 32nd annual Bayou festival, so this south LA county tradition is well established. Find out about future Long Beach Bayou Festivals here: http://longbeachbayou.com/
The words Cajun and Creole are often synonymous terms for southern Louisiana, yet though they are closely related they are different. The French-speaking Cajun people, trace their origins back to eastern Quebec in Canada to an area referred to as Acadie. In Louisiana, the region of Acadiana is most closely associated with where many of the Cajuns or “Acadiens” settled their families.
