Mo Creole I Louisiana Creole Flag : An Overview

Pete Bergeron designed the Louisiana Creole flag in 1987 and, in 1995, the Lafayette-based organization C.R.E.O.L.E., Inc., a heritage preservation group, adopted the flag to represent the cultural and ethnic diversity of Creole Louisiana. Dolores Kay Conque, Bergeron's sister, hand-stitched the first Creole flag.


The upper left section, a white fleur de lis on a blue field, represents Louisiana's French heritage. On the lower left and upper right sections, West African heritage is represented, respectively, by the flags of Mali and Senegal. Spanish colonial heritage is depicted by the Tower of Castille --- a gold tower on a red field --- positioned at the lower right section of the flag. A white cross dividing the four quadrants serves as a symbol of religion in the region.

Historically, Louisiana Creoles share deep cultural and kinship ties not only with Mediterranean Europeans, West Africans and Native Americans, but, as well, with the people of Cuba and Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic).

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• louisiana
• creole
• creoles
• flag
• history
• spanish
• bergeron
• french
• 1987
• indian
• native
• american
• west
• african

[heylove28]

Hi, does anyone know how I can get one of these flags to hang up at my home?

[mocreole]

@heylove28 Thank you for the inquiry. You can order wall-size (3 feet-by-5 feet) Louisiana Creole flags or the smaller, rear view mirror car flag on the Mo Creole website.

[kkreyolita]

C'est bien joli tout çà mais vous n'êtes pas les seuls à être culturellement créole et encore moins "français" créole !

[mocreole]

@kkreyolita To gain razon. Y'na bôkou moun kréyòl pou tou lantou, é moun kréyòl la lwizyàn konnèt ça. Video-çi-là palé de drapô kréyòl la lwizyàn. Li pa di ki moun kréyòl la lwizyàn li sèl moun kréyòl endan le moun entèr. Mèsi un ta pou ofré so observasyòn. Sivuplé, kontinue 'ap gete nou video-yé. Enkò, mèsi.

[LaCriollaRoja]

Creole Pride! Who does this song?

[mocreole]

Hi! Thanks for posting a comment. The song is "I'm On A Wonder" by Clifton Chenier.

[hwiseman1]

@kkreyolita Ella a dit...."Louisiana" Creole...distinguer entres ceux du territoire original Francais et ceux du territoire anglais/americain. On se refere aux EE.UU et pas aux autres pays ....ils sont capables de faire une presentation eux memes. Nous parlons de nous ici. L'autre difference...pour les pays du sud d'amerique ou du caribe, les creoles/crioulu//criollos sont dans la majorite...pas vrais aux EE.UU, donc la distinction et l'explication.

[partcreole]

we run louisiana cally chicago

[Quisqueya77]

@mocreole I`m an owner of an African Creole Restaurant in Orleans, Ontario Canada. Our goal is to share the african, and diverse creole culture to our fellow Canadians. Would it be possible to have a copy of the Louisiana Creole Flag video for educational purposes?

merci



[OmgItsMe2k12]

@mocreole J'aime ma maison. J'aime ami Louisiane....Merci

[ktepasaxaxa]

the best video ever!!!! truly explains who WE ARE!!!!

[neworleans81creole]

100%creole n proud