Bayou Teche Dispatches
Showing posts with label Lafayette. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lafayette. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 27, 2023

Petit Manchac: A Tale of Two Lafayettes

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The year 2023 marks the bicentennial of Lafayette Parish, Louisiana  —  the seat of which was Vermilionville, renamed Lafayette in 1884 to h...
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Monday, February 4, 2013

A Glimpse from 1968: Historic Films Looked at Cajuns and Creoles in Epic Year

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A couple months ago or so Cajun fiddler David Greely sent me a link to a 1968 film on YouTube. The film showed elderly Cajun couples dancin...
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Shane K. Bernard holds degrees in English and History from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and a doctorate in History from Texas A&M University. He is the author of several books on south Louisiana history and culture. Shane lives in New Iberia, Louisiana, a short distance from the celebrated Bayou Teche.
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