Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As the United States Semiquincentennial approaches, communities across Southeast Texas are reflecting on the traditions that help ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Decades ago, if people wanted to hear Cajun or Zydeco music, they had to go to a dancehall or a bar, or they heard it at home. It ...

The road into Arnaudville winds through open fields and quiet stretches of Acadiana, the kind of landscape that invites you to slow down and pay attention. When I arrived at Cajun Prairie Farm, the ...

A Cajun radio station in South Louisiana has been broadcasting for 69 years. It's preserving the culture and the tradition of broadcasting live music from a bar every Saturday morning. There's a ...

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The Cajuns are one of Louisiana’s unique subcultures. They are descended from French settlers exiled from Acadia. For a long time, they were met with derision. Holding onto their French heritage, the ...

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Cajun filmmaker Pat Mire recalls an epiphany of sorts he had at the age of 5 while watching the 1950s sitcom “Ozzie and Harriet” in the farmhouse where he grew up outside of Eunice. He wondered aloud, ...

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PORT NECHES, Texas — As the United States Semiquincentennial approaches, communities across Southeast Texas are reflecting on the traditions that help define American identity — including the enduring ...