Cajun Music ~ Cajun French

An emblematic music of Louisiana, is rooted in the ballads of the French-speaking Acadians. These French Louisiana sounds have influenced American popular music for many decades, especially country music!!

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[Amarsul]

Bien le bonjour de Paris, France ! Quel est le titre de ce morceau ? (what's the title of this song ?)

[costaboy337]

@Amarsul

I don't know!

[Minoutto]

Beautiful!

[costaboy337]

Thank you

[MrCamel1974]

i proud to be a cajun

[frenchiecocorico1]

@BIGBUTist Yes,I know that. This policy of standardization was led to force the citizen in speaking the same language all over the US territory. This policy was led on the same way in France which forbidden the use of regional dialects (alsacian, breton, basque, ...) Nevetheless, the resistance of those peoples and the attachment to their own traditions, dialects and culture allow their revival in Louisiana or in France today but now they have an unifying common language as well.

[BIGBUTist]

@frenchiecocorico1 We were not allowed to speak our language on school grounds, for fear of punisnhment, often if caught speaking the french that was spoken at our homes amongst our parents, we had our mouths washed out with soap. You would think that we had said something dirty. It was the law, children of french speaking people of Louisiana were not allowed to speak our language on school grounds. The nuns could and did.

[BIGBUTist]

@frenchiecocorico1 I understand what you are saying. I am proud of my french roots. Proud to be Acadian (Cajun). I know that our french isnt what is spoken in France these days, however, I am not ashamed of the way I speak. It was the way of my grandparents. I don't care for the english, yet I married one. As I stated in a reply earlier. The nuns who taught us were Canadian french and spoke it in school to each other.

[BIGBUTist]

@trilobright Yes, I agree. Louisiana has lost so much wonderful dialects because of the schools here. I remember attending a Catholic school in Church Point, Louisiana, and was told we were not allowed to speak cajun french on the school grounds, however, the nuns that taught us, spoke french and were from Canada. The order were the Grey Nuns. We were punished for doing what they did among themselves. Speak french.

[BmoreBusker]

who is this playing? I'd like to contact him

[BmoreBusker]

Man, that room has beautiful, beautiful acoustics.  Hahahah, who asked about dance lessons at the end?

[ephelyos]

de toute façon, même si la Louisiane était restée française, les Américains l'auraient annexée car elle faisait partie de leur espace vital

[trilobright]

I think America would have been a much more interesting place if the Louisiana-Quebec corridor hadn't been forced to assimilate following the Louisiana Purchase. Some of North America's best indigenous music is heard in Acadian country of either nation.

[frenchiecocorico1]

@ElCid48 I- It seems you know preferently french obscene vocabulary but not the rest. Your knowledge about french history is widely influenced by british and consequently US biased vision. Don't you think I can list too the whole errors USA have done during its history (Indians genocide, secession war, torture toward irakians or the Guantanamo prisonners, lost wars in Vietnam, Corea, Afganistan, ...)?. Really your memory is very selective.

[frenchiecocorico1]

@ElCid48 II- Yes the Bourbon's King of France Louis XV (who gave his name to Louisiana) abandonned french Quebec settlers to the british administration. He didn't provide sufficient forces to defend french Canada ( + Michighan, etc...) because heI believed Canada had no economical interest for the kingdom. Only few islands (Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint Domingue) were useful to provide king and nobleness the exotic goods they need for their luxury.