Cajun Country - USA

[nInAg114]

I am aware of the Galiza region being autonomous of Spain but I am unfamiliar with the series you are asking about. All I can say is Dixon is not a "Cajun" name, per se. We are of French ancestry, although there is a lot of Spanish blood mixed in here along with American Indian, German, Irish, a little Scottish. I'll even hazard that we'll admit to a little English blood here and there....

[shair00]

I love the cajun culture and would love to live like that!!

[iAmMountainMan]

I love the city of New Orleans on the whole because of the locals, but for the past 20 years, even before Katrina's devistation, it started attracting a strange brew of tranny bimbo freaks, gangster thuggery and petty criminal purse snatchers, which ruined it...

These days New Orleans is overly crowded with chronically dumbed-down, perpetually doped-up miscreants, vagrant-drunkards and far too many street trash hustlers turning this once idyllic and historical area into a living human shithole!!

[nInAg114]

I am happy to be Cajun but I think it is time to let go of the derangement thing, bud, and enjoy everything we have today and the people we have become in spite of all our hardships. I agree with Savoy, the music is the glue.

[smagator]

@nInAg1 i am from galiza in europe and i saw the serial '' the walking dead'' so i like the character of´´ Daryl Dixon ´´ can you tell if is he a cajun please? because somedy told me he is

[005658able]

I am Charles Thibodeaux and I live here in south Louisiana. There is no other people like this any where. If there is a recession or depression and you live here and KNOW how to live, chances are you will hardly notice because there is always food and everybody here trys to help everybody. Its not like this everywhere else. If you know where to get the food and how to get it, you will never ever go hungry.

[mpg895]

such a sad story! It's beautiful to see other people trying to preserve their language and culture. Btw, I'm french canadian :)

[barbsreviews]

Wow I have been here forever watching your uploads I gotta go but will be back Later

[BuddhaShiva1]

I visited Cajun Country - near Houma and Grand Isle - this past weekend. What a beautiful part of the country! I really enjoyed my stay.

[turock101]

i want to go their and eat cajun food ..and find a cajun wife X)

[ARMINIUS44]

"The run sir"

God bless Wolfe.

Wipping the french since 1704

A nation of collaborators.

Blenheim, Quebec. Trafalgar. Waterloo. - God save the Queen.



[BishopGarnier]

Americains, oui

Mais la faute à qui donc ?

La faute à Napoléon.

Culture et histoire fascinante !

[kevin2849]

cajun's are great ppl, i just had some cajun mayo on my sandwich and it was spicy and delicious!!!!!

[NigerianRocker]

Gambit the greatest cajun ambassador.....Lol

[BOUCHAK]

Cajuns were the acadians deported by British and that go to Louisiana that in those times belong to the king of France because they did not recognise the King of England as their King.

Creole is the name give to them of french that were born in the colonies (louisiana).



[vitatommy]

hi allso

[weirdemails]

Hold up... The only ethnic cleansing in North America? What about slavery and forced relocation of Native Americans. I think Cajun history is interesting, but I don't think that man is very aware of American history. That my 2 cents.

Peace

[montella111]

@weirdemails Ethnic cleansing of EUROPEANS in N. America i believe he said...

[xplosivelilly]

@weirdemails he meant european cleansing...

[fusilier45]

LOL as if the British Government gives a fuck about the bollocks that guy is talking about

[DaFawky]

@fusilier45 wait, it was the British that were speaking bullocks. "it's a canadian problem". lol.

projection.

[nInAg114]

@fusilier45 Nice language. However, I think it accurately reflects what Cajuns can expect from the British "crown". Since no remuneration is being requested, it would be a purely symbolic gesture and a conciliatory action, at least for those who feel strongly about this. But who are we kidding here, they won't waste their breath or the paper to write anything on. Stating all that, I think we have done very well for ourselves, thank you very much.

[SuperSayjinElite]

Being a French-American and having gone to Baton Rouge and talking to people that go between French and English is CRAZY! Very nice and hospitable people who, albeit speak very bad French (even though they're technically speaking "cajun (which is just really broken French with a bad accent)). very nice people for sure, if you go there and are curious about Cajuns they will take you in like family! No joke it happened to me, they called me "le fran-cay", I really mean it, go there!

[Stingray8854]

@SuperSayjinElite "Bad accent"? What's wrong with our accent? Our people's language over some 300 years has been influenced by English, West African, Spanish, and Native American languages such as Chitimacha and Coushatta. There are other influences as well. These are just a few. Please don't call it a "bad accent".

[SuperSayjinElite]

@Stingray8854

OK, if you go to "FRANCE" and speak Cajun, ain't nobody gonna understand you. The French speak the best French just as the English speak the best English, get used to it, You speak a bastardized version of French, just as French, Italian, Spanish and Romanian are bastardized versions of Latin.

[Stingray8854]

@SuperSayjinElite I beg to differ with you. Our Cajun WW2 veterans who went to France were initially looked down upon by those in the Army because of their "bad" accents. It turns out that these Cajuns, speaking their native dialect of Cajun French, were indeed understood by the French people and provided an invaluable service as unofficial interpreters for their units. Soon enough, the Army realized their potential. It's not standard French, but to say it's a "bad" accent is derogatory.

[ErnstBecker]

The British -- ah yes. They have up rooted, harried, and slaughtered World wide.

Keep up the music. I love it.

[ErnstBecker]

Trie bien !

[ladydrama85]

Its great that someone took out the time to show case the cajuns but yet again the creoles are forgotten

[guidryvideo]

Good video. I have been teaching my daughter her heritage and she liked this.

[burtpelt]

Great video.. It is good to see someone help spell out that New Orleans is not "real Cajun" country. But, on the other hand, this video gives the impression "real Cajun" country is only accessible by boat thru the swamp. This of course is not true.

[xplosivelilly]

where's the accent???? : (

cajuns hav such a cool accent!!! I always think of gambit in xmen lol

[murloc14]

The whole "Cajun" accent is just stereotype. We laugh at people with it xd Its just some humor. Sorry.

[xplosivelilly]

nooooo :( lol the accent is awesome it sounds so cool

[swampace30]

forgot to tell yall im eating seafood gumbo and rice crispies for breakfast rice ill use for lunch

[swampace30]

im from Eunice,La and why do people keep worrying bout if we cajun or creole or coonass for the matter....we all the same down here...when we do somehting stupid we coonass

[GeauxSaints53]

you said it was "briefly French"

it was actually briefly Spanish and French for longer

[InaPeters]

Thanks for uploading

[lukebilleaudeaux08]

ok guys i'm gonna clarify something. My whole family is Cajun. i'm realted to almost every cajun family you can think of. Even with all this, i have choctaw, cherokee, and seminole blood, this mixture happend cause my great grandparents and before them, married into Indians. they were cajuns, had children with indians, and now I am here. and yes most of us have a slight permanent tan.

[fiddler1950]

and your great people,the british done the same in my country ireland,,so we have

somthing in common, good luck.......

[yanfeb15]

@lukebilleaudeaux08 ...........sounds like a very interesting mixture to me :)

[niggitynignig]

ma sha we white

[txstoryteller]

AWESOME video; LOVE Cajun music, Cajun food, Cajun culture! Have seen Cajun Country 4x; great times! Would LOVE to come back!! FIVE stars!

[Twinnies91]

I was born in Louisiana, but I'm only half cajun (my mum is English)

We left when I was about 2 or 3 to live in England, but I'm still cajun at heart xD

Maybe I can try and get the queen to apologise xD

I also may bring this up in my religious studies class (we're learning about the holocaust, but also other discriminations and genocide)

I'm proud to be cajun, and British, although I wish my family would have decided to stay in Louisiana xD

[leslleyc220]

For goodness sake, grow up you adult people.

[cajunhunter]

Long live the cajun people !!!

[Caliboyz101139]

at 1:22 LOL

how can spain and mexico be 2 countries?? really bad map

[yanfeb15]

@Caliboyz101139 .......um, they are two different countries

[yanfeb15]

@Caliboyz101139 ....the map is just showing what land each owned at that time...like Spain owned the western part of the US for example

[abqlover]

Excellent and informative video. I've always been fascinated by Cajun culture and one day hope to visit that area of Louisiana. Thank you for sharing...

[nyccarini]

new orleans and louisiana is the shit!so much coulture and architecture. very nice place

[BOUCHAK]

JUST A QUESTION : ARE THE CAJUN CAME FROM THE FRENCH ACCADIANS OR ARE THEY MIXT WITH OTHER POPULATIONS OF USA ... because their families names is french ... and they are not CREOLE, french native of North America (Louisiane) ...

[cajunhunter]

We came from France to Canada and were kick out by the bitch queen and settled in the Louisiana swamps,most of the people here are still of French decent, creole is to describe the black culture. Cajun is more of the white culture. I think that pretty much sums it up.

[TNNS415]

cajuns are mixed with native american i think. louisianna creoles are mixed with black(african,NOT HATIAN), native american,and french

[cajunhunter]

PLEASE DO YOUR RESEARCH

[TNNS415]

cajuns arent mixed with Native american blood??? someone told me that. but the louisiana creoles thing, i was just talking bout creoles of color

[lilsteller]

No Cajuns are pure French Acadian.

Creoles are mixed with black and Indian, mainly black though.

There use to be before the 60s in Lousiana 3 type of schools. Cajuns went to all white schools, and Creoles went to all Mulatto schools, Blacks went to all black schools.

[TNNS415]

wow. but cajuns look soo tan and look kind indian....i dont know, some random person told me that

[lilsteller]

BOUCHAK my sister is half Cajun from my step dads side. Cajuns are white French. People get confused between Creole and Cajun, especially people not familiar with the area.

Creole people are mixed with Native and African. Cajuns are from French Acadian whites.

[cajunlady7]

Creole people are mixed with Native and African and there have white in them  2 and THE cajun 100 % French Acadian whites.

[MazAcadienDuNord]

Very interesting.

[stormspinner1]

Cajun country is where the real music is, the best people are, the joie de vivre is. :) Thank you for this - brings back many good memories!

*StormSpinner1* in Texas

[chalgal2]

Very informative!! Great job.

[mairabella]

Thanks so much for this video. So many people think New Orleans is the place to go in La. but Acadiana is really where all the beautiful culture and people are.

[CEESANVOISIN]

Mais qu est ce que Napoleon est alle vendre la Louisianne? Juste imaginer ce que serait ce continent aujourd hui avec des francais du sud au nord des USA ca me laisse reveur ... La France aurait du laisser depuis 300 ans cette ile corse ..

[clovis8844]

ne dis pas n'importe quoi la corse et la france ne feront toujours qu'un!

[tannalv]

I don't know if you are aware, being french and all, but in the US people speak ENGLISH!!!!!!

[jbm0745]

You're an idiot!

[clovis8844]

je sais pas si tu sais mais je suis français et je ne parle pas d'autre langue que ma langue maternelle avec des frères francophones comme le sont les acadiens, et un fils de pute comme toi n'a pas à medicter quoi que ce soit

[tannalv]

Putain de merde... Nique ta mere, hu?

Bastard french crap. If it wasn't for you the EU would have it's own constitution by now and running smoothly.

Learn english! Le monde parler le langue de angels; anglais. Un nation de putains parler frances; france.

English is the language of the GODS.

[clovis8844]

je te suggère de lire mon message si tu n'as toujours rien compris la pute norvégienne.

au fait est-ce que la le norvégien se parle beacoup dans le monde oups c'est vrai j'oubliais que ce genre de sous-pays ne se connait même pas

[tannalv]

Francais, le langue de putains... You know, the whole world speaks english. Whereas just one country speaks french. ;-)

Baise toi! Putain francais merde...

[BOUCHAK]

Please, please, don't try to speack french and go back to scholl, I will not insulte norway or what else because you

KNOW nothing, you just a red neck!

[sortego]

56 countries official language French and Louisiana is officially bilingual since it became a state. Can not believe we still have to deal with bigots today.

[northernstate1]

Just when I thought you couldn't be any more stupid, you vomit that out.

[BOUCHAK]

If English language is the language of the GODS, you, that are norway, you prefered speack the language of gods that your own language : norway.What else, 40% of the english came from the french : the normands use the french language when they invaded England ; sorry but this is the true!

[ChadHebert]

finally an accurate description of Cajun Country! great video!!!!!

[RequisitionCanada]

Great documentary. Thank you.

[SmilingMoonBreeze]

It is a great place. Cajun cuisine is wonderful especially when applied to seafood:) The best of the Blues is produced in small back streets of French Quarter.

[jakob0815]

under the sea~~~ under the sea~~~ *giggle*