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Cajun

Member of a French-speaking community of Louisiana, USA, descended from French Canadians. In the 18th century these people were driven to Louisiana from Nova Scotia (then known as Acadia, from which the name Cajun comes). The modern Cajun people are known for their music, which has a lively rhythm and features steel guitar, fiddle, and accordion, and for their spicy cuisine.



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If god had to pick one person that all Cajuns could emulate, it would be Jake Delhomme.
SUPER HEREAUX DELHOMME HAS HOMETOWN CAJUNS RAGIN' by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Isolated from the English-speaking population, the Cajuns (a slang version of Acadians) maintained their language and many of their traditions, while absorbing many other ethnic groups into their culture, including the Spanish, German, and Scottish of Louisiana, whose names are still found among many Cajun families, and the French-speaking African Americans, now called Creoles.
Cajun Home by Adams, Lauren / The Horn Book Magazine
The people who became Louisiana's Cajuns were French colonists, expelled from Acadie (Nova Scotia) by English troops in 1755.
Cajun and Creole Folktales: The French Oral Tradition of South ... by Daigre, Eric / MELUS
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