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| French Creole family |
Creole
According to the Houma Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, the term "Creole" can have many meanings, but during the early days of Louisiana, it meant that a person was born in the colony and was the descendant of French or Spanish parents. The term is a derivative of the word “criollo,” which means native or local, and was intended as a class distinction. In present Louisiana, Creole generally means a person or people of mixed colonial French, African American and Native American ancestry. The term Black Creole refers to freed slaves from Haiti and their descendants.
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| A description of Creole in the Cabildo Museum |
Cajun
“Cajun” is derived from “Acadian” which are the people the modern day Cajuns descend from. These were the French immigrants who were expelled from Nova Scotia, and eventually landed in Louisiana after decades of hardship and exile. Hearty folks from many backgrounds married into the culture, including Germans, Italians, Free People of Color, Cubans, Native Americans and Ango-Americans. French or patois, a rural dialect, was always spoken. Due to the isolation of the group in the southern locations of Louisiana, they have retained a strong culture to this day.
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Works Cited
What's the Difference? Cajun vs Creole. (2016, September 29). Retrieved December 28, 2016, from Houma Area Convention and Visitors Bureau website: https://www.houmatravel.com/in-the-news
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