Cajun

The Cajuns (English [ keidʒəns̩ ]; French Cajuns [ kaʒœ ], Cadiens [ kadjɛ ] ) are a francophone population group living in the U.S. state of Louisiana in Cajun Country. They are descendants of the 18th century expelled from the Atlantic provinces of Canada Acadian French.

Their ancestors came from the eastern Canadian province of Acadie, from which they were expelled in 1755 by the British after their victory in the British - Prussian War. Hence the name " Acadiens ", which developed in the English-speaking North Americans about " Acadians " to " Cajuns " came from.

Many survivors settled after several years of wandering in the 1760s in what was then sold by the French to the Spanish Louisiana, which had maintained its French governor, and was glad of any immigration. Later the territory was French again and came by Napoléon Bonaparte's sale, the Louisiana Purchase, in 1803, finally, to the United States.

The Cajuns lived up to the beginning of the 20th century, completely unaffected by the U.S. Environmental and kept their culture at; including their music, their extraordinary old French dialect and its Western cuisine.

Language

It was not until the 1930s, when oil was found in Louisiana, the Cajuns came with the Anglophone Americans into contact and were forced into the episode in the course of Anglicization to learn English and speak. Children who spoke their Cajun French at school were punished, regarded as backwoods and laughed at because of their faulty hard Englischs and despised.

Only in the 1970s, it was realized after long efforts by the Cajuns the value of their culture, and French was second in Louisiana state language. An organization committed to the protection of Cajunkultur.

Kitchen

The cuisine of the Cajuns is a rather simple and rustic cuisine from locally available ingredients. Typical dishes are jambalaya or gumbo, for example, they are characterized by sharp and spicy notes and the use of Tabasco sauce or other chili sauces.

Music

The music of the Cajuns is one of the oldest folk music of the United States. It is simple, melodic and very rhythmic; often are Two Step, Waltz or Polka. The instrumentation usually consists of Fiddle, Cajun Accordion, guitar, double bass and the " tit - fer" ( little iron), the triangle.

In the texts, which are mostly in French is mostly about stories of the Cajuns about love, hunting, drinking and their festivals. Beginning of the 20th century was created by Creole and African-American influences, the independent music direction Zydeco. It exists in parallel to the traditional music and used besides the classic electrically amplified instruments; their words are often written in English.