The Cajun region
The Cajun region 
900
000 cajuns live today in south Louisiana. Known for their hospitality and
their love of festivals, these French descendants that were expelled from
the Canadian region of Acadia by the English in the XVIIIth century have
kept an original culture based on music, dance and gastronomy.
South
Louisiana is covered with water. The houses are often only one meter above
sea level. Regularly, Cajuns go fishing in the lakes or in the Gulf of
Mexico, which is one of the regions of the world that has the largest number
of fish.
Since
infancy, the Cajuns were surrounded by music and dance. The custom of the
"Fais-do-do" is not lost. "I'm not a musician, but I play music", often
say the Cajuns. But they play music as they speak French : many do not
know how to write French, but they play and sing the French music with
all their heart.
Cajuns
always knew how to live with people of other cultures. That was the case
of the former black slaves and the Indian people. The Cajun was able to
find a land that was so harsh that he could still live there in peace.
Many Cajuns work now in the oil platfoms which fill up the Cajun country.
The
mixture of these people and the attachment that the Cajuns have to their
culture has given birth to a rich cuisine which is high in spices and seafood.
The rich waters are reflected in dishes such as Jambalaya, Gumbo or another
"aligator sauce piquante".
Cajun
Country has numerous plantations. The word plantation represents
basically the main building in which the family lived. The property is
also called "plantation".The architecture of the plantations was
either English, Creole or French.