Acadian Culture

[Acadianiste]

I wonder if the assimilation Rates of Acadians on Cape Breton has diminished or is there still a big problem at this level?

[exroyalcanadian]

Fiddler is Chester Delaney, who would be Joe Delaneys' son. Awesome video it was nice to see some old faces that are sadly gone.

[andymica]

Excuse me!!! Who in the bloody hell are you?? I think you need to go jump of a cliff!!

[haikumom]

Awesome video! Who's the fiddler?

[42ljc]

I love this. I live in this area and my wife is Acadian. The music is great and the people are second to none in hospitality. Joe was a wonderful man and it's great to see him in this video.

[kieranohare]

Joe Delaney is indeed Acadian; Delaney is an Acadian name in Cape Breton. As for accent, his definitely has an Acadian twinge to it, but it's no accident that it sounds somewhat like Dan R. MacDonald's, as the Acadians in Cape Breton live near, among, and amid those of Scottish, Irish, or other ancestry all over the island. But Joe's accident is definitely not what might be called in Cape Breton, 'Scotchy', like Dan R.'s...

[UISTMAN59]

We don't hear about the Acadian side of CB so often over here. Interesting stuff. Is Joe Delaney Acadian? - he sounds Highland, like Dan R.

[Acadianiste]

Within the Acadian Society, we often hear about Cape Breton Acadians because of the Community of Chéticamp, which is like a Mecca of folklore, where alot of old acadian songs have survived and has been thus rediscovered.