Louisiana Culture

One strong culture in Louisiana is the Creole culture. Creole culture is a splendid and chaotic mix of elements of various ethnicities present in the state, French, Italian, German, Irish, African, Native American and British. In cultural studies, creole specifically refers to the offspring of a French/Spanish man and a black woman, or vice versa. Creoles are concentrated mostly in the city of New Orleans, where different beliefs, norms, mores, traditions and values fuse together into a one happy, though sometimes confusing, way of life.

Another prominent culture whose elements are predominant in Louisianan way of living is the Cajun culture. Cajuns are people living in the west of France and the rural provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia in Canada, a region that is also known as Acadia. The Lafayette and the LaFouche Bayou in Louisiana served as places of refuge of Cajuns during the time when they were being persecuted by the British, after the latter won in the French and Indian War. Fragments of culture, cuisine, music and lifestyle of Cajuns are sprinkled in the rich multicultural pot of Louisiana.

No other state in the country can outdo the cosmopolitan atmosphere of Louisiana. With different titles such as the Bayou State, the Child of Mississippi, the Creole State, the Pelican State, the Sportsman's Paradise, and the Sugar State, there is no doubt that Louisiana is a place more complicated and more complex than a swirling kaleidoscope.