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It's #MardiGras, and here is my favorite Louisiana lesson: Creole and Cajun are not the same, nor are they interchangeable! Creole, in its original definition, quite literally meant being born in Louisiana (instead of one's home country), but eventually came to most widely represent those descended from enslaved and indigenous peoples. If I had to point to “Creole Country” it’s most specifically the New Orleans area, but Creoles today are everywhere! It's an incredibly rich culture and one of the many reasons why New Orleans is so unique. The Creoles predate the Cajuns and have so much history; did you know the Creole Cowboys predated the “wild west” cowboys? There's so much more than we have time for in this post, and I encourage you to learn more. So what about the "Cajuns"? Their story is different, even though they literally are only 100 miles away from the epicenter of Creole culture. The Cajuns come from the Acadians, who lived in Nova Scotia. To make a long and complicated story short, the British asked them to pledge loyalty to the king for ~40 years. Being devout Catholics, they declined, as God was their king, and they were kicked out. This was a hugely complex event, and it was inaccurately chronicled in Longfellow’s famous poem “Evangeline.” Gabriel and Evangeline were not real, and the Acadians weren’t exactly angels either. That’s a whole other discussion! They wandered around for a while, and many of them landed in the swamps of south Louisiana. The area most associated with "Cajun Country" is Lafayette and the wider cultural region known as Acadiana. The people there can trace their ancestry back to the Expulsion of the Acadians. If Creole culture is a wide swath of influence, Cajun culture is a little more specific - both are wonderfully rich and unique! Now, you might be asking: how does this all pertain to #MardiGras? Let me say it in one emoji: 🐔 What the Cajuns and Creoles share on Mardi Gras is the reason for the season: literally translated to “Fat Tuesday”, it’s the day before Ash Wednesday (when Lent starts), going back to that Catholic influence. Culturally, Mardi Gras is the last big party before you have to give things up and make sacrifices for Lent, the following 40 days. Cajuns and Creoles both celebrate, but with differences. New Orleans has the popular images of floats, beads and revelry, but Cajun Mardi Gras, found in the greater Lafayette area, involves delightfully crazy costumes, chasing after chickens, and a lot of dancing. The Cajuns and Creoles have totally different stories and represent widely different people — yet both cultures celebrate many of the same things and share influences with each other. I’m not an anthropologist and have definitely paraphrased a *lot* of *very* complex events, so I encourage you to research it further. In conclusion: “Cajun” and “Creole” are two wonderfully rich - and NOT interchangeable - cultures. Happy Fat Tuesday!
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