cajun culture

While the rest of the Country has set up displays with Santa and his reindeer, one Louisiana sculpture artist Lee Romaire has set up a display with a Cajun Santa on a shrimp boat with reingators complete with crabs on their heads for the antlers.

I took a quick look on etsy.com and found some pretty great and unique Cajun and Louisiana inspired gift ideas that just may be exactly what you're looking for.

Christmas, Christmas time is here. Time for joy and time for beer...or something like that.

The special features Acadiana's own Zachary Richard powerfully telling our story through music, photography, film and inspiring imagery. This is a must see if there ever was one.

If you started your own Zydeco band, what would you call it? Find out with our "Zydeco Band Name Generator"!

What are some absolute sure fire ways to make a Cajun break up with you? Anything on this list would pretty much do it.

We've decided to come up with our own list of "Cajun Slang Terms" that you'll definitely want to start using immediately.

Last week, we covered the most common Cajun last names in Louisiana. That got us thinking, what would the least common Cajun last names be? If you have one of these last names, consider yourself pretty unique. It also means your family was one of the first Acadians in South Louisiana.

Pinhook Rd in Lafayette is one of the busiest roads in the Hub City. Countless motorist travel the road everyday and just like me, never really give any thought as to why it's called Pinhook Rd. What is a Pinhook? Is it the last name of an Acadiana dignitary from the past? Well, turns out the origin of the name "Pinhook" is a bit of a hot mess...and a slight testament to good ole Cajun ingenuity.

Blue Bell just announced their new Dr. Pepper flavor ice cream, and we can't wait to try it. That got us thinking, what if Blue Bell released some South Louisiana-inspired flavors? If they did, it might look a little something like this...

If you're not from Acadiana, chances are you'll have a difficult time figuring out what we might be talking about.