ERATH — It was French that attracted the Acadians to Louisiana. After years of imprisonment, Joseph Beausoleil Broussard brought his band of Acadians to the West Indies and then followed his people's ...

A Cajun radio station in South Louisiana has been broadcasting for 69 years. It's preserving the culture and the tradition of broadcasting live... 1050 KVPI is keeping the French Cajun language and ...

Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin. Copyright 2024 NPR A Cajun radio station in South Louisiana has been broadcasting for 69 years. It's ...

From an early age, Gordon Voisin of Houma understood there was something special about the language he heard his parents speaking inside their modest down-the-bayou home. It’s that language that ...

BATON ROUGE — Need to brush up on your Cajun French before a trip to Acadiana? There's no better source than "A Dictionary of the Cajun Language" by the late Rev. Jules O. Daigle, and there's no ...

Although Wade Bernard lives more than 600 miles from the bayou he grew up on, he said he's never far from home. The 57-year-old Golden Meadow native said there's a distinct reason for that: his father ...

JENNINGS, La. (AP) - Two Jefferson Davis Parish men’s dream of a radio station dedicated to providing a special place to the local French-language Cajun music is a reality with the launch of Cajun ...

WELSH, LA (KPLC) - The man who dedicated so much of his life to preserving the Cajun language was honored in Welsh on Wednesday. The late Msgr. Jules Daigle compiled "a Dictionary of the Cajun ...

JENNINGS, La. (KPLC) - If you’re looking to learn or refresh your proficiency with Cajun French, there are several opportunities available in Jeff Davis Parish. Enjoy some hot coffee and cajun ...

As Acadiana youth grew up in the region in the 1920s and 1930s, most were discouraged from openly speaking French. Their family members had been shunned for using the language and didn’t want children ...

CUMBERLAND – Blackstone River Theatre, 549 Broad St., will present Cajun band BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet on Saturday, Nov ...