Traditional Cajun Music
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- Traditional French Cajun folkmusic from the US.
Mixed songs and tunes.
Accordion, fiddle, guitar, percussion, bass, vocals.
The north-American Acadian Cajun culture is disappearing.
"I am the last of my generation to speak the Cajun Language. I deliberately did not teach any of my four children to speak it. Thanks to our government, I was punished, spanked and made fun of by my teachers who wanted me to speak the ''QUEEN'S ENGLISH''. I was detained by U.S. Customs upon returning from overseas and accused of being a spy because of my ignorant country, thinking everyone in America speaks English or Spanish only. My heavy Cajun accent caused the agents to ask 'What are you doing in American Uniform, we have no French people in America''. If you didn't learn Cajun at home, don't ruin it by trying to learn from a book. It is a 'spoken language' only, books cannot teach you the correct pronunciation. Today our government is wasting taxpayer's money, hiring teachers from other countries to revive the Cajun language. When will government learn, it don't work that way. After 40yrs of trying to 'revive' the Cajun language, I have not heard one person speaking it, even the accent is dying out, government don't know what they're doing. Government killed the language when I was a child. I didn't want my kids to be discriminated against b/c of their accent. I am proud to be American and ashamed what it did to people of different culture and languages. Cajun is my first language."
Clarence Thibodeaux, 2016
#music #culture
Against the Tide - The Cajun Story - Documentary
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Being from Lafourche Parish, my grandmother raised me on this music. Every morning she'd have her alarm set to KLEB 1600 at 8:00 a.m. Those were some good times. I wish I spoke fluent Cajun French, but only know a few words and phrases. My Grom passed away in 2008 at the age of 87 due to complications of a stroke. I'll always treasure these memories of her. R.I.P. Grom. 😚
mais went to South Lafourche, me
Thanks for sharing this beautiful memory. I'm first generation born off of Louisiana Soil on my mama's side.I sure love our heritage and culture. All of my grandparents and great aunts and uncles, save one, have passed away in the last few years. I go my best to instill in my daughter a connection to her Cajun & Creole heritage. We are listenin' to this right now as we play a game of checkers as one side acting as American's and the other British in the War of 1812, after learning about The Battle of New Orleans and Jean Lefitte and the Ursuline Sisters and the intersession of Our Lady of Prompt Succor, whom we venerate in our home. I pray she will never forget the amazing stock of folks who she came forth from and the way God provided for them through so many trials. God bless you, and may your Grom have eternal rest.
@@allisgrace1313 Thank you and God bless
I use to be a Cajun Music disc Jockey at KLEB in Golden Meadow, La. I really enjoyed playing cajun music and rapping with the french cajun speaking people from our community. By the way, I had to learn English before going to school.
Unfortunately, true Cajon like probably your grandmother spoke is a spoken language. It can't really be taught. It ends up being too much French. True old time Cajon is unique and beautiful language. No doubt your grandmother was a great adorable woman. Treasure her memories and hold on to her sound as long as you can.
0:00 La Danse de Mardi Gras - The Balfa Brothers
2:20 Chere Bassette - The Balfa Brothers
6:10 Chere Joues Roses (instrumental) - The Balfa Brothers
8:09 Dying in Misery - Nathan Abshire
10:40 Enterre-Moi Pas - The Balfa Brothers
12:45 Family Waltz - Dewey Balfa & The Balfa Brothers
15:24 Hip et Taiau (Hippi Ti Yo) - The Balfa Brothers
18:05 I Don't Want You Anymore - The Balfa Brothers
21:09 In My Old Wagon - The Balfa Brothers
23:53 Je Me Suis Marillie - The Balfa Brothers
25:50 Je Suis Orphelin - The Balfa Brothers
thanks to mwired2
Merci beaucoup!
Grand bonjour de la France a nos cousins Cajun !
J'espère sincèrement que vous arriverez à faire perdurer vos traditions !
Approximate English Trad :
Big hello from France to our Cajun cousins!
I sincerely hope that you will manage to keep your traditions alive!
I'm Irish, and this music reminds me of home in Ireland. It's so so similar to Irish traditional music.
Right! If you listen closely, you can hear Irish music in just about every genre from 1700 to 1970.
Damn right! The Pogues' Dirty old Town🤘
People say the US has no culture, yeah we do. This is a beautiful and often overlooked part of it. Thank you for bringing it into the light.
you don’t even use french in lousiana the british didn’t fail to assimilate you
@@canada4life551 Actually, they do speak a dialect of French in Louisiana and if you have ever visited various parts of the US you would see the wonderful diversity of culture that has developed. .
Ehhh what people mean when they say the US has no culture is that there is no united culture or broadly united culture instead it's a mix of a ton of different cultures a melting pot per se. In this example, you put forth that for this being US culture this wouldn't be true for places outside of the proximity of Cajun culture (basically anywhere outside of Louisiana). Think of the difference between things such as Mormon culture in Utah compared to Little Italy in NYC to San Francisco Chinatown to Deepstate Georgia when you compare them you get VASTLY different cultures. Although, I do disagree with the notion that America has no culture we have ONE, and that one is practically inescapable; consumerism. Think about it consumerism is in every single aspect of our lives because it has been implanted into anywhere where it can, people form groups and communities around things like movies or games or social media, or products in general like Funko pops, Sanrio, Clothes (depending on the aesthetic), and even guns. Nothing connects America more than consumerism because it's practically one of the only forms of community in most areas besides religious communities and schooling when people are young. And in most places where consumerism hasn't touched the internet has filled that gap (in tangent with consumerism although). I hope I explained that well and maybe opens up more of a perspective, Cheers!
I live in Louisiana and we listen to this as a culture and during these wonderful parades,bands, and street walk we share the culture of foods to such as boudin😀
@@haliplays8971 I’d posit that it is that very same wide and diverse multitude of cultures that is in fact the ONE American culture. Think of it as a tapestry interwoven out of all those parts. Remove even one, and the rest of the whole becomes so different as to almost be unrecognizable. As an example, the progression from delta blues, to rock and roll, to hip hop. Remove any of the cultures that contributed to that chain from the whole and lose something vital to the music.
De la part de la France, de la part de nous tous français, merci d'exister encore, merci vraiment :)
Même chose mais de la part du Canada francophone, c’est un plaisir de découvrir toutes les cultures qui s’expriment dans ma langue maternelle!
I " discovered"cajun music about 20 years ago, and I 've been hooked on it ever since. I'm even learning French to understand the lyrics!
I’m Cajun born and raised in Louisiana. My last name is Joubert. unfortunately I don’t understand the words being spoken since I was never taught my ancestors language but they speak to me even know I don’t understand the words
lucky son of a b..
Je suis Français et j'aime la culture Cajun. Force sur vous les gars !
I'm French and i love Cajun's culture. Force on you guys !
Never too late to learn French. You could learn standard French and then spend time in Quebec to speak a French that more closely resembles Cajun faster. :)
@@legrognard9777 hey at least we try to learn French. Even if isint the easiest.
@@Demicleas Yeah i know, it's never easy to learn an other language ^^
Stay strong ! 😁
Heard and saw the band playing some of these songs in an old movie called Southern Comfort
i am proud of my Cajun heritage.
Indeed!
Thanks for telling us
Where does cajun music and cajun culture originate from?
Heck ya , opelousas son here .
@@user-ow7dv8sw5x Acadia, now Canada's maritime provinces.
Vive les Français de la Louisiane qui ont tout perdus, qui furent spoliés, qui ont résistés, et qui respirent encore malgré là tempête.
oublie pas l'acadie on vie encore!!!
@@denistardif6650 Je me suis mal exprimé. Je parlais de vous, les Acadiens!
Je vous souhaites de résister et de reprendre du mieux après tant d'épreuves et de spoliations. De maintenir votre héritage. Bonne chance mon ami, du fond du cœur. Je vous salut du Québec avec affection. Vivement les Acadiens!
Vive les français d'Amerique et vive la Nouvelle France !
My soul smiles when I hear the music of my ancestors! I’m proud to call myself Cajun and love my heritage and where I come from!!!
That's great ! I am french and i dream to have a beer or a meal with Cajun people, laugh and talk with those old cousins.
@@godefroydemontmirail2278 We would definitely oblige, my friend! Our love of fellowship and food go hand in hand.... oh, and we love a good beer too! 😆
@@Hef119 Et nous pourrions peut être parler français !
Did you pick up the language? I don't speak Cajun French, but I know French from Quebec and France. I can probably understand Cajuns if they speak slowly enough. I listened to one speak on TH-cam and found it similar to some types in Quebec.
@@godefroydemontmirail2278 when my grandfather moved from Louisiana to Texas he and his family were shunned and ostracized for speaking their native language. They were punished and bullied in school when they spoke it to their siblings, so he vouched to never teach his children, and he didn’t. 😣
France doesn't forget you my friend...
La France ne vous oublie pas. Elle vous regarde avec toute l'admiration que l'on se doit d'avoir pour ses frères. Patience, notre jour viendra !
Vive l'Amérique française !
Thank you sir! I am a cajun and sadly my family stopped passing french down 2 generations ago. We still do alot of traditional cajun dishes and what not, but im in the process of trying to learn french and maybe start passing it down when I get kids
@@polignac Bravo !
@@polignac Excellente idée ! Je vous souhaite bonne chance pour apprendre le français !
Excellent idea ! I wish good luck to Learn french !
@@polignac same with my family! We’re from the Atchafalaya River area. My pawpaw’s family relocated to southeast Texas as share croppers. He only knew Acadian French and little English. When he came to Texas he and his siblings were punished at school and made fun of for speaking their native tongue. He swore to never teach his children Acadian French due to the hatred he and his family faced. I wish he would have taught us. It’s such a beautiful language!
@@polignac This is the way! My French is pretty advanced. I could help you, I think, though I'm rusty. I know French from France and Quebec French. My brother-in-law is Cajun, but his parents don't speak it. I once gave him a classic, old Cajun book, but he didn't seem to be so interested in it. It's probably a collector's item by now.
that music is beautiful, i could hear it all day long. keep playing all day long.
Love Cajun music, "thank you" all the way from Australia 🥰🥰
As a french guy I understand roughly 30 % of the lyrics
Combine de creole pouvez Vous compredre? It's gon be a bitch in a buzzsaw prolly!😅
Les Mardi Gras s'en vient de tout partout
Tout le tour autour du moyeu
Ça passe eine fois par an
Demander la charité
Quand même si c'est eine patate
Eine patate et des grattons
Les Mardi Gras sont d'sus un grand voyage
Tout le tour autour du moyeu
Ça passe eine fois par an
Demander la charité
Quand même si c'est eine poule maigre
Et trois ou quatre cotons d'maï'
Capitaine, Capitaine voyage ton flag
Allons chez l'aut' voisin
Demander la charité
Pour les autres venez nous joindre
Pour les autres vous venez nous joindre
Ouais au gumbo ce soir
La Danse Mardi Gras has been on my play list a long time. Gets me down the road. Love it in the movie Passion Fish.
I speak fluent French but still struggle to understand the lyrics. This cajun is so foot tapping good. Love it from the UK.
that's a really old french.
Understanding Cajun French when compared to modern french spoken France. Is like native German speakers understanding Texas German. Even the German spoken by the Amish in America is hard for modern German speakers.
@@damianomastroiaco2457 Not really
I'm french and don't understand one over two words
@@whomagoose6897 Or Africaans and Dutch.
As a Brit, I have to say, this is the best folk music. Ever.
I'm English and for some reason I can't explain, my soul resonates with this music. Don't know why. Don't care why. Just love it.
Time to trace the family tree
@@dazza6333 yeh maybe. Tee hee hee
I’m seeing a lot of English/ British people in here. It is nice music! Music from all cultures is nice, much in the same way that food is also nice. Some people have different tastes, and it’s ALL good!
its european tunes
les anglais sont malgré tous un peu des cousins , nous les Français
I'm from Apulia (south Italy). this music is very similar to certain lullabies my grandparents used to sing, songs that date back to at least the 19th century
My grandmother originally came from the panhandle of Florida an spoke French that she learned in her family's home. She relayed the story of her family was expelled from Acadia (French Canada) sometime around 1763 and dropped off in New Orleans.
They were luckier in some ways than other Acadiens expelled around 1765. Others were forced to go to various British colonies and split up from their neighbors and turned into English speakers in places like New England. Some even were indentured servants. True, some were welcomed and treated well enough in New England and adapted fine enough, but it was so hard. Acadia is originally what became Nova Scotia in Canada. I wonder how many thousands made it to Louisiana. I know over 10-12,000 were deported in total. A lot of the fighters were from New England who did that.
Bonjour Basil, effectivement mes ancêtres ont vécu la déportation vers la Louisiane.
Ils ont nommé l’événement (Le grand dérangement). Ils sont revenu à la marche vers le Canada. Ils se sont établis au Québec. Ont ne les oublie pas.
La musique Cajun, c’est la musique de l’âme.
Salut
@@Bazza5000 theres still a lot of acadians in new england, and most of the acadians now reside in new Brunswick
That had to be Divine Providence. Love your post (and your family story!)
I’m from Brazil living in Baton Rouge,LA.
I love Cajun food and music. I even married a Cajun man 😉
Oi Mara. Eu estava um lendo um livro e me deparei com esse termo “Cajun”. Parei de ler e estou pesquisando, porque sou muito curioso. Então por favor me diga o que é cajun, em termos práticos. Grato
@@Chienqfume "Cajun" is a linguistic corruption of "Acadian". When the French lost Canada to Britain in the mid 1700s, the British removed French speaking people from the coastal region called Acadia (but not Quebec). Many of these Acadians relocated to French Louisiana, and over time the name Acadian changed to Cajun. The Cajuns are an ethnic group distinct from the Creole French in and around New Orleans, although I am sure that there has been a lot of intermarriage between the two.
@@brunopadovani7347 Ohhh ! Thanks a lot for the explanation! I am very curious and I like to learn. Regards from the Brazil 🇧🇷
My heart is here. I have no idea why. But when I was about 10 I begged my parents for a banjo and proceeded to play it in the tree in my garden. They thought I was a very strange child. Eventually I got to hear cajun music and it felt like home. Who knows? ❤
A previous life. You are experiencing genetic memory.
@@marlettevandermerwe7138 It seems so..
Thank you for sharing this. My father's side of the family are Acadian French. Some went into Louisiana and some into Maine right on the border of New Brunswick. And some are in Quebec. We sometimes have family reunions in New Brunswick or Quebec. This music really hits my soul. Anyone wanting to learn more about our Acadian French history research The Great Expulsion. This is why we are spread out in places like Louisiana (now called Cajun French).
This music makes me happy. Thank you 😊
CC cousin cajun une bise du sud de la France,,merci pour cette balade ❤
I lived in Lafayette in 2009-2013 and I went to tons of Acadian zydeco music festivals back then, miss Acadiana so much. Went to Nova Scotia a few years ago just to visit some of the Acadian sites there. Long live Acadiana!
If any of y’all are going to Louisiana for Mardi gras, attend a traditional one, you will hear plenty of songs like this, everyone will be in traditional Cajun Mardi Gras costumes, and a lot of the time they will have a competition where people chase around a chicken. It was started when men on horseback in Louisiana went to houses in disguises begging for food and getting ingredients along the way to make a large communal gumbo. Once the chicken is caught, it’ll be added to a gumbo.
BORN- WEEKS ISLAND- left Island in LATE SIXTIES- we went to the houses in disguises during Mardi Gras and also Christmas time.
Cajun? Acadian! My grandparents only spoke French, but the French schools were almost all shut down. Now I struggle trying to say a sentence, but still love the language!❤😊🙏
Dialect?
Hmm, originally Quebec I guess!
@@lynbsker1968
Acadia isn't Quebec.
😢😢😢😢😢
Bonjour de france mes cousins je vous aime
la france a abandoné ces colonie en amerique et les a laisser mourir contre les anglais
@@canada4life551 C'est d'ailleurs très triste, puisque à cause de sa langue française a quasiment presque disparu des États qui composaient la Louisiane française. 😔
Salue de la Saare!
Bonjour de Nouvelle Orleans mes ami.
Vive les Français de la Louisiana et de Canada!!!
Allez les Bleu!
Vive les français d'Amerique et vive la Nouvelle France !
Ces chansons respirent l'humilité des pauvres gens, mais aussi la joie des choses simples
Pas mal exprimé !
@@Nominoe83 Merci
@@gfdgfd1732 Je vous en prie et encore merci à vous de l'avoir fait remarquer dans cette époque ou seul les élites sont valorisées pendant que le petit peuple est méprisé bien souvent .
@@Nominoe83
C'est vrai.
Im from Montana which is about as far from Loisiana as you can get but I cant still when that Cajun music starts crankin!
watch it someone will misinterpret what you say. I understand and agree with you
BBQ chicken
I'm from rite here in East Texas and I love Cajun 🎵🎶
so proud of my cajun heritage!!!!
I sure ain't Cajun or French. So being from Scotland. I absolutely love the sweet sounds and tunes that I have heard here. Huge Thank You to all concerned. Slainte Mhath
That is cajun, no doubt on it. I am French and I can tell you that's not the way we speak in France but I love it, I really do. Big pride of that French heritage in the USA.
@@thomasparals3088 c'est pas ça qu'il a dit, il a dit qu'il n'était ni cajun ni français mais écossais...
Many years ago I heard a recording of an old timer name of Denis Magee and I was hooked - later the Balfa Brothers renewed my love of this music - from the other side of the pond - “ let the good times roll”🇬🇧🇺🇸
I'm Cajun too. This reminds me of my Paw Paw. He was so talented
Cela me tire les larmes, la gravure aussi...
This is Southern music at it’s very finest..I love it!
Toyzintheattic not Southern. Regional in Louisiana only
Jared Cart .. Yes, I agree. It’s definitely a regional genre, but still Southern as well.i think it is excellent music.
Toyzintheattic Cajuns are as southern as they come so I agree
Hello, an english comment here.
This music is beautiful. It's full of history and i love it.
@Amelia Miller no i am not but i see the cajun culture and music as something interesting. I love to think about the south and the culture it has.
@Amelia Miller woow that's great.
Same to you.
The 1st song rocks my socks off!
Proud Cajun here. (Née) Adams.
Even today, the USA IGNORES THIS PART OF AMERICAN HISTORY SO MUCH! It's a certain prejudice that goes back to the Yankee British founding fathers! It's different culture that goes back to rural France
100% correct! Where ya from?
@@rahmreekoo86 my parents were born in Mexico ! We have different European strains. I can understand and get out of the box and see what other cultures go through❤
It's the same problem in France ... Bisou au Québecois , Acadiens ,Cajuns ... Love for French America .
@@fractalevision3754 much love from your Acadian cousins down in Louisiana! 😊
French killed other indigenous cultures too. Even in France too. Other regional languages have diminished.
I first heard cajun music in the movie "Southern Comfort." It sounds alot like Irish music, which is what I grew up on. I'm really getting into it now.
Ya irish? I dont think it sounds that much irish (some of the more traditional southern sounding cajun songs do ig) but listen to bluegrass if ya like irish folk.
Its clearly French.
but they may also recognize Irish undertones. ... It's ok...
It's like a confused fun. Very free and liberating. You don't have to be a good dancer either. I love it.
Je suis français québécois du Canada et je viens de découvrir votre culture cajun ça fait penser aux acadien du nouveau Brunswick j’adore ça je vais essayer de dessendre en louisiane vous visiter
Come down man to Louisiana won’t regret saying just don’t get too close to the alligators and try yourself some crawfish and get down to the music
@@pizzajeff7593 oh yeah I’ll try it for sure one day
As a Mississippian, I love going to Louisiana
@@pizzajeff7593 i don't think you knew this but there his cray fish in N.B. we just prefer the lobster in Shediac vivre l'Acadie
@@denistardif6650 I know but here it’s a special Tradition and we have the seasoning and there’s also a few thousand different types also if you come down here say Crawfish because if you don’t get gonna be harassed and say it up there too it makes you sound better remember CRAWFISH 🦞😉
Thank you from Arizona... We love all ya all Cajuns!!!
wonderful traditional cajun music, listen as the music talks to you
I’m a Joubert my family came down from Canada as some of the original Cajun settlers Im very proud of that :)
Why?
Did your family look like the degenerate Cajuns in the film Southern Comfort? Did they act strange and play dreadful accordéon music? Are you proud to be like them?
Andrew Ducrow why do you not like Cajuns
Lacewood Farms - what makes you say that? On the contrary I have lots of African American friends who speak Cajun !
Andrew Ducrow ok its a miss understanding I thought that by the comment you left that you didn’t like Cajuns you do understand why I would think this though don’t you
Born and raised in NJ. Lived 16 yrs in Texas and loved this music ever since hearing it. Moved back home but miss my time down South.
I'm half Louisiana, half Texan and I'm very grateful for this! This would have made my Dad's day!
Un grand bonjour à nos cousins d'Amerique !
In my country (Brazil) the same thing happens. Nigeria's Yoruba language was banned, but today it resists the Candomblé religion. Nhangatu, the native American language, was banned by the Portuguese imperial court, nowadays few places speak that. Language and music is culture.
Et bien voilà de la bonne vraie musique… du son de la profondeur, et surtout de la bon humeur… de la vie quoiqu’il en coûte….
I still love to listen to Justin Wilson, his cooking / stories and his comedy albums.
L darcom ;
Entièrement d'accord, tu es dans le vrai en plein. Ça réchauffe le ❤, et comme tu dis ; de la bonne humeur...De la vie quoiqu'il en coûte, enfin !, 1bonne rascasse avec le tout, LE PARADIS...✋😁👍🎻✋✋
Rascasse ; 🐟 qui entre dans la composition de la bouillabaisse. 👍👍
Grande musica di una ricca tradizione. Quando sono triste ascolto le musiche cajun e mi sento meglio Evviva e spero si possa ascoltare presto dal vivo in Italia !!!
Oh...fico!
Listening in as an acadian still in the maritimes! Being August 15th, couldn't help but play some Acadian/Cajun tunes. xD
bravo les cajuns, j'adore vos chansons !!!!!!!
Etc moi aussi ❤
J'adore tous les chansons ❤
merci! je suis née en Louisiane. Traditionnellement, nous dansons à cette musique avec nos familles. Nous mangeons et buvons l'alcool et célébrons être ensemble. (Pardonnez-moi si mon français est mauvais)
@@annakatebertolet2703 ton français est excellent ne t’inquiète pas
Growing up, I used to hate this music. I'm not even sure why. But these days, it sounds like home. And I can't help but love it.
Great--- Fantastic---- Outstanding.what a tradition. Totally part of the great U.S.A.
This music is incredible as a french ... tears my heart it's so full of ancient wisdom we lost. the fact i understand it, is making it more painful (but beautiful).
I wish I could understand what he's singing. My French isn't that good, but love the language
The Cajun languages are first Cajun French ( a sister language of Parisian French ), and English as a second language. Creole French in Southwestern Louisiana is a spoken language based on French. It is called ( or named ) Kouri-Vini for the way Creoles say either Walk/Run/Go and Come. ) Louisiana Creole is not written in French. It is written as it sounds in French. It looks like an English pronunciation of French in many cases.
Cajun speakers speak the hand-me-down language of their Acadian ancestors. The Acadians spoke the hand-me-down French language from Western France. These people settled in Acadia, now Nova Scotia, Canada in I would say the 1600s or 1700s. I don't really know the exact date, but a long time ago.
These people were expelled fron Acadia in the 1750s by the English who could not get these French people to swear loyalty to the King of England, n'est-ce pas ?
King George III, this dog we Americans had to fight to win our independence in and around 1776, and for several years thereafter.
Cajun French is French. It is mutually intelligible with French languages around the world.
From France merci bro !
.I am from Cornwall next to England in th UK, I love the music.
I’m from Yorkshire, also next to England in the UK :-D Been loving Cajun for nearly 30 years now
I'm from Scotland, also next to England! Loving this music!
@@lauramcnamee7381 Hello Laura, Ihave been north of Hadrian's wall a few times, I worked near Edinburgh fora while. Robert
My great ma from France owned a paddle boat during civil war NEW AWLINES IM A 4 TH GEN Texan but that Cajun music pulls me back to Louisiana alot. Armadillo Bob
All dislikers are British settlers.
Please explain Wendigo, I’m British and don’t understand what you mean, thank you.
@@peedutt Cajun are french settlers and average Americans are British settlers supposedly
@@yuchubeluvstabanmeh7213 the Cajuns were driven out by British settlers because of their religion. Cajuns are French settlers.
@Elly Mae ...driven out of the French part of Canada that was called Acadia. Some of them went back to France, some settled in Louisiana.... have I got that right so far? (its a bit complicated to outsiders like us from other countries :)
@@pipfox7834 yep! Acadians we’re exiles who were originally from France, fled to Acadia, but were forcibly deported out of the country until Spain, who owned the Louisiana Purchase at the time, gave the Acadian settlers an opportunity to settle in Louisiana.
Fun fact! The name Acadian became Cadien over time, and then eventually Cajun! (For the Cajun community)
I met a coworker that is from Lafayette. Sadly, she did not know she was French (Cajun). I told her that her deep Cajun accent was a dead giveaway. She knew that the elders in her family spoke a language but did not know what it was. My mother is from Nantes, France and I totally support Les Louisianais Français. I have been interested in both the Quebecois et Les Louisianais Français since I was a young adult. I love to go to the Lafayette area and just be French in America. I do visit France often but that is because I have very lovely and awesome cousins in France. My father is Greek and I grew up with French, Greek, and American cultures. But I have always been more French American than anything else.
And I have been listening to this wonderful music for about 25 years. I just can not get enough of it. I am not Acadian but I am surely French American. Now if only this virus to leave us, I can Fais do-do
I recomeend you visit the canadian maritime provinces to meet the acadians as well if your visiting the quebecois
Hold on to your language never let it die
Being 73 Year Old raise in Waco, Texas and learning Violin age 8 years old Family was Grandmother and Her Mother, both from Fort Sill Reservation , We ate eat gumbo, jambalya, and other cajun/ creole foods alla day, I never thought, Why? Chicken Gumbo Crawdad Jumbo, out the Basque River where I caught umn. These ladies who raised me was Cherokee Squaws, Granny worked for Federal Governmet before ww2, and was a Recreational Theorpist at Veterins Hospital, her mother was retired from Ownership of a Ranch and Dodge Dealership in Muskogee.
I am alive because food even Grogeries food in 1960's 1950's was Farm To Market food, not Supply Live Processed Food as today, Food Kills. High Fructouse Corn Syrup in all foods and KILLs Your KIdneys and Liver also too, especially if you been eatin it since Babyhood. That there is cause of Atistm and Kids who Beat Heads again Walls, and Mental Crazy children all cause High Fruvktoise Corn Syrop. Murdering American since 1900 MONSANTO and BAYER CHEMICALS killing children for $$$ PROFIT $$$
I believe the very same thing,,,,the cause of Autism = poisons in our air, food, water, dirt. Everywhere.
Respect to u- but in Cajun - Creole we never say CRAWDADS- IT IS ALWAYS crayfish- notice in the restaurants- thanks
My direct ancestors survived, God bless their souls and all who suffered along with them. I will forever be grateful for our heritage. We count our blessings like none other in the world.
I’m not Cajun,but I sure do love to listen to it.❤️
Yep this is the music of my people.
73!
It's one of the best music in the world. I love it.
Voici une des plus belle mélodie : Balavoine, sos d'un terrien en détresse, écoutes, c'est magnifique
Love from Italy! Keep the traditions alive
The first song has an english ballad rockabilly sound
I'm 100% polish and love this music, reminds of polka! Got me dancing
yes Swiss German here in AZ USA... Love all the traditional music, all the way from European ~> French, polish, bavarian, black forest, Swiss, Spanish Basque herders, & to ~> USA cajun, western cowboy campfire & cattle drive, hispanic southwestern, all use a reed instrument, such as the harmonica or the button or keyed accordion, to good musical effect!!!
I am 50% Croatian and your right it does remind of the Polka especially the accordian lol.
the second song reminds me of Neutral Milk Hotel for some reason lol, great find, really unique style of music
It makes sense because Neutral Milk Hotel is based in Louisiana
@@Acen2036 Oh I didn't know that!
Cajun here. But raised in Sacramento. I need my heritage.
another cajun here! nice pfp!
tbh dude, never been a better time to leave Cali.
im irish, love your music my whole life, the british tried to kill our old celtic language and culture. didnt work. stay strong
Thats what happens with Germany and Germans, but successfully.
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I live in Liverpool from Irish Descent with family living all over the world 🌎 Music & food family happiness & health thanks for sharing ❤️
@@yuchubeluvstabanmeh7213 In 1911 less than 17,000 people spoke Irish, whereas today over 1.8 million people speak it. So sad as I am to say it, we Brits failed to destroy that impenetrable language, and also not sure where you're getting your stats from. Irish comes first on road signs and school children tend to speak Irish more fluently than their parents. Irish TV and radio stations abound. It's painful to listen to Irish being spoken but not as painful as trying to understand how you could be so wrong about something that is so easy to look up.
Beaucoup de similitudes avec le créole réunionnais. .. magnifique. ...,. Ou sont mes racines? ....
ecoute donc cajun tang
@@justsceptic3085 whoo 😅 je viens de voir la vignette du groupe 😅 c’est exactement ce que j’ai mangé hier 😆 ils connaissent aussi le tang ??😅
I was raised around cajun musicians . My Grandpere was Olide Thibodeaux , the accordionist .
The Thibodeaux are everywhere
Cheers from south Brazil to all Cajun freaks like me!
Um abraço, amigo!
my paternal grandpa was a creole born in the mississippi delta in 1921 n he moved to new orleans durin the great depression, lived there till katrina. i’ll never forget enjoying the st patrick’s day parade with the family in the french quarter in march 2005, only a few months before we lost everything there 😪
So many did… I hope they all find better places to live. It’s sad because it’s a beautiful place.
Greetings from Wales ( very instrumental in the USA). Fantastic music. Loving it, stay safe y'all.
@David really, where? the beautiful Welsh seem to stay at home, the Scots and Irish are better known as wandering in search of a new life...ps I love Wales :)
I’m Brazilian and this somewhat sounds like a version of forro Music the country side music of Brazil that were played at the plantations and places like that
La,on est vraiment dans la bonne musique cajun ;super .⚜⚜🇨🇵
Be good to see the dancing, too! 🙂🙋♀️🇭🇲
I discovered cajun music about 1999 and have loved it since.
I am from SCOTLAND and this is the" DUGS BOLLOCKS" ! love it ..
well, in spite of the english parliament, Les Cadiens who were known later cajuns and have been friends of indians have got good friends by the Scots, we can hear it in their music and the fiddle ;-)
J'aime cette musique. Bravo à nos cousins Cajuns.
Even though I was born and raised in Ohio, in a past life I must have been a Louisiana boy because I can eat gumbo, jambalya, and other cajun/ creole foods all day, every day and never get tired of it.
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I am Irish, and I am disappointed to learn of the fact that never encouraged any of your family to speak Cajun. I do hope you will now make as many recordings of that language as possible as soon as possible so that others may learn from you.
400 years of English rule DID NOT wipe out our Irish language and culture and some people are trying their best to bring that language and culture back to that very troubled part of IRELAND that is the six counties of the north east part of the island but ignorant bigots are objecting to an Irish Language act.
So I hope you forget about ignorant people who do not understand that French was spoken in some parts of the USA as it was the British who forced your ancestors from Canada to the southern parts of the USA.
So you know Pat; I was and still am ashamed of my ancestors who refused to pass Cajun French along to the next generation. When my pawpaw moved to South Texas from Rayne Louisiana he spoke no English and was ostracized and hated for his different ways. It stuck with him all his life and as many times as I begged him to teach me he and mawmaw would tell me, "Cher, you speak good English. Let it pass and don't bother me no more." I kept on until he sent me to tell my mother to do something vulgar in Cajun; after she slapped me she figured out he must have sent me in with the poison pill as it were. I never asked again. Such a shame there was not enough pride of who he was too overcome it.
I read your words Clarence, and it's sad. But don't loose faith try to find more people with the passion for not letting this beautiful culture die and work on it try to preserve it and perpetuate it.
Come to Louisiana, USA and do the Cajun Two Step dance with your favorite gal. Go to the Fait Do Do and dance all night.
Y'all gone have a good time, yeah !
During Mardi Gras you can "Let da good time roll."
Laissez les bons temps rouler.
Louisiana needs to embrace the francophone, the Anglo world is fading
As a Louisianan, I couldn’t agree more! If only the Anglo-Americans didn’t force us to submit and integrate..
@@crazymangoz9583 change starts with action. Learn, speak, promote the Language. As a Francophone whose Ancestors settled in Ontario Canada I'm advocating this not only for my Home Region in the New World but across the New France Region in America/Francophone of the Americas. Even in Mexico around 13% of their Population descends from the French Ancestor.
@@BumblebeeTuna8 that’s awesome to hear man! My ancestors settled in Nova Scotia until we came to Louisiana after the Seven Years War. I agree, I want to learn the language ASAP and I hope that New France can embrace its Francophone origins once more!
@@crazymangoz9583 exactly. Even though my Ancestors have been around the Ontario and Quebec Regions since the 1660s I even love to visit the Homeland/France. I listen to Music from France which the Parisian Dialect is the National Language while Quebecer is largely based off of the Dialects of Normandy while Louisianian French is based off of the Dialects of Perche and Orleans. I also love Louisianian Music and Cajun Women.
@@crazymangoz9583 that's awesome! So your Ancestors have been in the New World as long as mine.
très belle musique de Louisiane
I love cajun music cajun food
Love this music. So beautiful. I feel like I'm on a boat floating down the bayou
hello from old france
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