Where Else in the World but Louisiana Would You Find a 3-Day Celebration Totally Devoted to Crawfish? Every year on the first full weekend in May, thousands congregate in Breaux Bridge, “Crawfish Capital of the World,” to pay tribute to the little crustacean we all know and love. The Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival celebrates Cajun
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Festivals Acadiens et Créoles More than 80 years ago folklorists John and Alan Lomax visited South Louisiana to record Cajun and Creole songs to be added to the Library of Congress Archive of American Folk Song (now the Archive of Folk Culture). It was the first time Cajun and Creole songs were captured on tape
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