Cajun Homes-Lifestyles 1875-1959.wmv

[@xlr8nguy]

I live in a old house in Church Point, La. I tried to find a build date for our house and was told by some neighbors that my house was built around the mid 1930`s. It has hardwood floors and solid cypress tongue and groove walls and ceilings. Some of the planks have white wash on them, and others have old paint. Cypress hardens as it ages, and when I retiled my ceilings, the staples couldn`t penetrate some of the planks. I had to use a nail gun to put my crown molding back in place. It has 6" x 6" rough hewn redwood support and cross beams. Replacing the materials in here would be impossible so I try to recycle as much as I can. But we Love our old home and try to keep it as original as possible.

[@kenterline64]

Well done.......thanks for posting!

[@TSOTruth]

Spent every summer growing up in Louisiana, it’s a magical place with the best food on the planet.

[@snakemanmike]

I grew up in rural Beauregard Parish, Louisiana in the 1950's to 60's. These picture remind me of my youth. We had electricity, running water and a party-line telephone. But at least half of my friends and neighbors had none of these. We lived very similarly to these people in the 20's -30's. Some of my family members my even be in some of these old photos.

[@paulorr9262]

Great video, Chartangier hadn't changed much. Still feels that way.

[@charlottecoolik9872]

Thank you so much❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ I just love this Saturday afternoon watching your video and listening to the great music with my dog eating grass and my cat sitting on the porch and just thinking all the beautiful thoughts of Louisiana and her people😊😊😊😊😊😊 I hope this finds you doing excellently in life

[@JustEye_La]

These are wonderful. My Grandmother was from the deep south. Despite the mocking from hateful #msm politicians and Hollywood, Cajun/Creole ppl are mesmerizing and intriguing. So much culture and the food is delightful 😋😍☺ Do not let haters take your culture.

[@juliechristjohn-breckley9564]

Excellent piece of work...thank you !!

[@jodyguilbeaux8225]

my mom and her siblings did not even have these luxuries in the 1930s-40s. she lived on what was called the illinois plantation? in kaplan or little dog island. they lived in a 1 room house and went to a 1 room school. and all grades where in that 1 room school. and if they spoke french the teacher would give them an old fashion bitch slap or a whipping with a hickory switch. they had all the crawfish they needed to survive. as kids they would run parallel to the intracoastal canal, she said the people on the tug boats would throw apples to them ( i guess they felt sorry for them). she moved to texas married and had kids. she really missed life on the plantation and she enjoyed her brothers , sisters and mother. as children we would ask her questions about the plantation. her response was always the same...........that she really miss those days.

[@roseboudreaux4645]

Thank you for making this video. I am a 11th generation Acadian, descending from Michel (b 1601) and Michelle Aucoin ( b 1618) Boudrot. He was Counselor and Lt. General of Port Royal, Acadia, ( Canadian Maritimes) Arriving in 1642, they both are originally from Cougnes, diocese of de La Rochelle, France.

[@luketauzin8321]

How did u find out that info?

[@rfonte649]

Can't get enough of your pics and music, brings back some good memories.

[@TheZlatkin]

I am Brazilian and have been iin Louisiania to know Cajun Culture: music, food, people. I bring some cds and recipes . Wonderful !! I recommend a lot.

[@etheljanefontenot2970]

I am enjoying this video. My dad, Hursey Richard played an accordian in a French music band. They recorded at KSLO in Opelousas. Although poor, we were happy.

[@005658able]

I grew up here with all this and I live here and I will probably die here. I love south Louisiana. Would not have it any other way. C. Thibodeaux

[@dehydratedwater4803]

Bayou Blue here!

[@CajunAdrienne]

Not me...I'd move near Yellowstone in a heartbeat!

[@MayMay-el4wg]

My beloved grandpapa was a Thibodeaux out of Terrebonne Parish. He had Snow White hair and deep blue eyes.

[@glutenfreejoe6099]

Thanks for your wonderful videos coming from a Cajun family in New Iberia Louisiana area this brings back great memories of our heritage

[@flamencoprof]

Probably, if it were not for their music I would not have heard of these folk. As it is, through the music I have gained an interest. What a treasury of images presented here, all to some great music. Thanks for an informative and enjoyable presentation I was amazed to see the ladies still in their bonnets as late as the Forties, only a few years before I was born to grow up dealing with electronics and lasers!

[@mikeoc217]

Love those old homes. My first house was an 1869 barn I converted. 👍🏻

[@cynthiahawkins2389]

I became a real Cajun 'fan' last year, when I saw the special on the Savoy family. His accordion playing was simply wonderful. My heart was stolen by that music, and the family's warm engaging ways...BTW my husband is Basque, from Mexico, and worked for many years on the New Orleans waterfront...

[@chefmitch6152]

I am from the Philippines and I can't stop listening to the music and watching Cajun history such a beautiful culture. Hope it is preserve by the younger generation

[@brittanyvarker3024]

@@chefmitch6152 we are certainly trying our best! Thank you!

[@FrJohnBrownSJ]

at 12:35 that's my aunt and uncle. They are in an area just near Chataignier. Sometimes they call it Las Bourbueaxs (I'm sure I spelled it wrong).

[@anasthase100]

Salutations aux Acadiens. Merci de partager ce travail. :-)

[@JustEye_La]

I absolutely 💯% LOVE the music 🎶

[@patforet7336]

At 70 and being from Ville Platte this is good memories of my families homes in VP & Manou. Thanks Richard for a trip down memory lane.

[@cajunladyforchrist]

My grandkids are Forets.

[@jokerdog4598]

im form ville platte

[@Jesuswarnedus]

Les se bon ton roule!! Born n raised in Jennings n lived in Lafayette my adult working life n loved every minute of it. Duck, dove, squirrel n realky n e hunting, fishing n best of all boiled crawfish!! Miss that place n all the good people n food. Gods peace to u all!!

[@ComeauRacingEnterprises]

Richard, nice to see some correct facts about our Acadien ancestry. From what I understand, the bulk of the couple thousand Acadiens who first went to Louisiana were first deported to England, then Belle Isle, France, where they had to orally recount and prove their French ancestry. Then the french King offered them a place to settle in Louisiana. They went for it...- and now the names on the mailboxes are the same in L'Acadie as they are in southwest Louisiana. :) I'm 11th generation Acadien-2nd generation American from Maine.

[@thekingofmoab1181]

Actually the Spanish governor sought Acadiens to come to South Louisiana as farmers for Spanish Louisiana, and also as a buffer from Spanish Texas.

[@classicmoments9433]

The music is wonderful. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@russcorbett3923]

A HUGE Thumbs up for Community Coffee !!!!!!

[@Rdezo]

@anasthase100 : Il me fait plaisir de partager avec vous. J'espère que vous apprécierez et se rapporter à certaines d'entre elles.

[@creolediva4007]

My Mom is Cajun from Ville Platte. My Dad is Creole from Chicot. Evangeline Parish. Moved to Houston when I was 5. Want to go back so bad. Related to some Fontenots. I probably just saw some ancestors. Nice.

[@gomezesmorticia1]

These Cajuns were dirt poor but more than likely enjoyed life.

[@bethbartlett5692]

"Very well done" - Thanks for sharing - Looks very similar to West Tennessee - Obion and Forked Deer River (off Mississippi) and the farms around this area at turn of the century - 1900's My grandparents were born and lived their whole life in the area - (all these old gadgets and the dress and "Quilters") - look JUST LIKE MY g-mother when she gardened. (Irish and Cherrokee) from Glass, Tennessee. lol Married my grandpa and lived in Kenton,TN. Made lye soap, fresh butter, canned, smoked meats/salted hams for Country Ham (had a Smoke House, Chicken House, Pump House, and an Out House - and a Strawberry Shack - doubled as the Cotton Weigh Spot) The Barn was Bigger than all those plus the house. Did laundry outside with a "Ringer Washer" I was little - but I remember all this - and wanting to go back home to Chicago - they all talked so country I couldn't understand them very well - but I could speak Polish to the next door neighbor in Chicago! lol Grandpa - went straight to heaven - "she was no walk in the park!"

[@stephenelberfeld8175]

These pictures look a lot like ones taken of my mom's relatives in Vermont about 1925. They were a mix of Quebecers and Acadians that entered upstate New York in the 1830's. Then in 1890, my great grandfather an Irish orphan married my Hebert/Abare great grandmother and no French was spoken from that side. My mom's father had Landry and Alain with a Metis Acadian and Quebec mix that spoke French until 20 years before I was born. All that came down from Acadia in my lifetime was minced pork pie and rug making that my grandmother was famous for.

[@cathykristensen4440]

Absolutely amazing!! Thank you 😊

[@leninhadeandrade4173]

Mais uma inscrita ❤❤❤❤ Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil. ❤❤❤❤

[@Louiselivingstone]

What a wonderful collection of photos.

[@judykeir601]

Great music and very evocative photographs.

[@Sailabear11]

Well done! Merci mon amis.

[@shadowstar9019]

I sooo loved watching this gem of a video ,,thanks !💗🌼🌻

[@raymonray5444]

4.36 on the blackboard " 1921 Article 12 , Para 12 " I will not speak french in the classroom or on school grounds " such oppression !

[@bethbartlett5692]

A carryover from Britian - They were accustomed to "forcing the public to assimilate to their standard, speak only English - *even if it was "that public's own country - like Ireland.* (And they were going to Judge and Discriminate - anyway... ) I wonder, was it the English, Romans, the Anglo Saxons, or the Germans - that set their self absorbed standards "?' 💚🍀💚

[@nolaenvie]

My daddy's generation were victims of forced assimilation and were beaten for speaking French in school in the '20s. My grandparents learned English from their children who were forced to learn English in school.

[@pinkiesue849]

@@nolaenvie I cannot understand why they did not value bi-lingual students.

[@pinkiesue849]

@@bethbartlett5692 Don't forget the French from Normandy, who invaded England in about 1070. They became the "upper Class" if there is such a thing, in England. Perhaps they had more to do with thinking they are better than others. I don't know.

[@laceybanter5937]

They still do it today. A lot of Americans think English should only be spoken. Those same people will also brag about beating the British and their "other" heritage.

[@theresadupuis8475]

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS AWESOME ADVENTURE 😊 💕 💕 💕 👍

[@London263]

Thank you for the video I truly enjoyed it💝

[@shanemarcotte2062]

I'm of Cajun descent. My family and immediate ancestors resided in Avoyelles Parish. My grand parents on my dads side didn't even speak English, or very broken English when they tried. My dad couldn't speak English when he started school but quickly learned as they were spanked for speaking French in the classroom. They didn't go to school the first couple of months, they were exempt as they had to pick cotton and work the fields during that time because of harvest.

[@AlwaysRecording]

Sent this to my friends from The Air Force all over the world

[@junesonnier6495]

My dad was from church point . Picked cotton since the age of 5. Picked up a harmonica and eventually an accordion. The cormier s were talented accordion players. He married my grandmother ,whom was a boudreauxs. My mom was from Eunice ,she bought and lives in her grandmother's house. Survived many hurricanes. She was from the veillion and Ashford side

[@MelissaBarker4290]

My mother's parents are Cajuns. A Bergeron from Assumption and a Doucet from St. Landry :)

[@reynaandrade2081]

Ni

[@jodyguilbeaux8225]

my grandmother was a bergeron from scott

[@patriciaharrington6421]

Merci!

[@MrTjsimon]

The one thing I noticed and had heard of was that children were no allowed the speak French on school grounds , yet just years later they were almost forced to learn Spanish

[@ritamonette8865]

Yes, my father tells of being beaten if speaking French in school in the 1930s. It was hard on them because English was never spoken at home.

[@lenormand4967]

MrTjsimon THIS IS WHY: ARMORICA. LOOK IT UP. ARMORICA/AMERICA IS NEW FRANCE. MOST OF THE PEOPLE OF ACADIANA ARE DESCENDANTS OF THE OWNER, ANTOINETTE DE PONS GAUTHIER. WE NEVER SOLD THE TERRITORY. IT INCLUDED ALASKA AND PART OF CANADA. A RIVER RAN FROM THE WEST COAST TO SOUTHERN LOUISIANA. THE CROSS ATOP THE CATHEDRAL IN NEW ORLEANS IS A UNION OF CATHOLIC FRANCE AND ORTHODOX RUSSIA. NEW ORLEANS WAS THE RICHEST SPOT ON THE CONTINENT, THE CAPITAL. WE WERE TARGETED IN ACADIE, QUEBEC, AND HERE FOR THE SAME REASON.

[@jerrelfontenot747]

Yes that is true, we were reprimanded in school.

[@peterbritt1615]

Great place to grow up,south la cajun living cooking and lifestyle , plus Cajun French , a French language unlike any other That is found anywhere else in the world ! ;

[@simonledoux8519]

Actually, there are a lot of similarities to the way French is spoken in the Acadian areas of Eastern Canada. I can understand a good bit of Cajun French. Its a lovely accent.

[@lesliesmith5797]

Love the entire video and the music is amazing

[@deniselachico1915]

Beautiful video, my dad was Cajun. 😢

[@vietnamvet6474]

The First house looks like my Grand Parents house in Ville Platte la. And there was a barn in the back with chickens.

[@mayadogful]

1921. art12. paragraph 12. Shame on the people who wrote this law.

[@Sifgrida]

This is lovely! After watching it I've just realised I have a Cajun style house in Australia!

[@unclewillie5853]

🙃

[@TheLadyAlchemyChannel]

That can't be right!!

[@stevewilliams1197]

Excellent video. I came looking for Cajun house styles,; which I saw plenty of... We have an old small Cajun(?) house and I was looking for some houses that looked like it. I saw plenty, Thank you!

[@tiffanyr9411]

Wish more of my Cajun culture (speaking Cajun french) and previous traditions (Traiteurs) and practices (making our own medicines) were passed on. But unfortunately it absolutely was not. Making "Black Tar" (Ointment) died with the great grandparents. Why was none of this passed onnnnnn. @Richard DesHotels any idea on where I can find our traditional information?

[@unclewillie5853]

We just have teach the kids ...our traditions

[@pinkiesue849]

Would the instructions be in old books in University libraries?

[@bluetoad2001]

i liked the sharecroppers house and the "boy's" steps up to the second floor bedroom.

[@pinkiesue849]

that house was SO small...my guess is the people were taken advantage of.

[@clemiel1663]

Hello everyone from France !

[@mrhertzppl8759]

butter churn in 1936..... Im 48 and didnt get a/c or cable till ‘85, not a big deal until it becomes frightening to see that so many believe in the permanance of any society long enough long enough only to forget how to be independant. My great-great uncle used to say the best of us are only a hundred years outta the woods, and but for ticks or dead still summer heat, croaking frogs, and taco bell,,,,,, nice video tho thanx

[@pinkiesue849]

I like your g-g-uncles saying. We all need to be humble. Then God will meet with us.

[@jkara7843]

01:21 cheminée typique des campagnes francaises :=) Emouvant.

[@christinawallace960]

I washed my feet before going inside too!!! 😭😭

[@TheDahaman]

I also have one in Belgium...nice!

[@imkeke66]

Very nice!

[@badazz135south]

Amede ardoin, ma maison louisiane en Lasalle Parrish

[@jokerdog4598]

ardoin is a scarce name sadly

[@theemeraldfox7779]

Any of these still standing?

[@pelagic1188]

Great video! Is it just me or does it look like a face in the top right window at 8:54?

[@PastorAimeeColbert]

What’s the name of that first song?

[@hankrogers8431]

Where did you get the pic @ 2:18?

[@leestelly8307]

Yourick Fontenot is my distant family by marriage, they branched out to Ville Platte.

[@michaelthomas9004]

My New Orleans home was built in 1876

[@CajunAdrienne]

Lol...the part in the classroom on the chalkboard that's says I will not speak French in the classroom or on school grounds made me laugh ! The teacher traumatized my Grandmother with a ruler at a young age for speaking French at school lol! Kinda sad because my Grandma didn't teach us French because I guess she thought of it as bad.

[@simonledoux8519]

That's a shame what happened to your grandmother and to all those children of her generation. You kind of wish that the parents at the time didn't protest but it just wasn't what they did back then. The language could have easily been saved and the children could have still learned English. It really saddens me to hear about the cruelty they had to endure.

[@MayMay-el4wg]

Nothing funny about it. My late mom was Cajun and papa was Creole and neither taught us French because of what they endured at the hands of Anglo Saxons. I only recently discovered the native on my mother’s side. Again, the hatred and hostility they endured is hardly amusing. My paternal grandfather was separated from his parents and put into a boarding school. He eventually escaped and as an adult passed himself off in New Orleans as a Creole because of his lightskin and straight hair. These stories make me cry because they are the fabric of America, and it’s a hard thing to be denied your rightful place in society. 😢

[@theworkerhours3141]

nice

[@its_me-nikki]

I wish there was a way to learn Cajun French. My mawmaw wasn’t allowed to learn or speak it so it pretty much stopped at my great grandmother. Parisian French just doesn’t sound as good to me.. it’s not MY French.

[@sherriberry71contrary49]

There is a group of young people trying to preserve/learn/teach Cajun French. Look up telelouisiane on Instagram . I think they are based in Lafayette. There are few written Cajun launguage books. Most are videos on KZbin. It’s a grassroots endeavor and pronunciations vary from parish to parish. Pretty fun tho.

[@highwatercircutrider]

The bigger houses look a lot like my Polish grand parent’s home on their old dairy farm in Michigan, lol....it’s simple...poor is poor where ever you go !

[@JosephKulik1949]

According to the description of this video, the so-called Cajuns of Louisiana are the remnant of a Cultural Genocide committed by the British in the mid-1700's in the Canadian Maritime provinces. This is News for me, but it fits the pattern of racial & ethnic exploitation that the British committed around the World during their Colonial period. It also accounts for the rather primitive life of the Cajun people as displayed in this video. They were robbed of their French cultural heritage. This is quite similar to the British slave traders robbing Black Americans of their Cultural heritage which they were forced to leave behind in Africa.

[@mickeyrat3369]

Napoleón should have never sold that land to the yanks

[@carywest9256]

We are not yanks, we're rebels through and through!

[@13bravoredleg18]

I'm Dego/Cajun!

[@Typlicity]

Southern Louisiana

[@venetia6296]

I was born in Ville Platte.

[@CLH884]

Born in vp.

[@cajunladyforchrist]

My mom is a Benoit.

[@lenormand4967]

❤💝 💞

[@cray0308]

Americans only say they enjoy the “culture” but do nothing to preserve diversity. Cajun creole language is almost dead. Same with Italian American etc etc. just eat the food and talk about culture.

[@cray0308]

Mani La’Pree happy to hear. I hope the linguistic diversity in USA is preserved and grows.

[@tomcatt998]

@@cray0308 I'm from west virginia,, when i first moved to Florida people couldn't understand me... some still don't.... LOL

[@cedrikberlioz2968]

Louisiane toujours

[@vevedehavilland4743]

Iam not Cajun but half French from Quebec

[@gamesland7098]

Its like résident ivel 7 eny way Its to bad music

[@tomcatt998]

Not many fat people

[@carywest9256]

No McDonald's or other fast-food joints in those days. Just good wholesome vittles grown in their gardens and critters on the hoof. And l imagine you get one of those Ca- Jones mad, you gonna have a good long scrap on ya hands. I'm here to told ya yeah! Generally their easy-going, but get one bent outta shape they take a disliking that never goes away.

[@bethbartlett5692]

What comforts we take for granted today and (how much energy is wasted allowing the Media Owners to: *profit from the fears of our Lower Mind/Ego Mind, it is how they control the masses and keep folks from peace of mind, where happiness and ALL DESIRES are experienced.)* i.e., ... *"The story of Judgemental":* "Judgemental, the act of fear,* it always includes one's own guilt, unworthiness, and desire to put other's down to make self feel superior. Judging comes from fear, it comes from "Thinking from the Lower Mind/Ego Mind, aka Adolescent Mind, the Lower Mind is where all the negative energies reside: (fear, judgement, prejudice, envy, jealousy, guilt, "the lacking": lack of self worth, self confidence, self esteem ...). The Higher Mind/Mature Mind holds all the Positives: live, joy, compassion, trust, empathy, hope, happiness, creativity, kindness, confidence, balanced self-love, worthiness, knowing, achievements, harmony, peace, Wellbeing, etc, Wisdom resides in the Higher Mind. These are the facts regarding Human Thought, and it requires establishing a habit of being "Conscious in Thought" and "Applying the Higher Mind". It is a *"Choice"*

[@creolediva4007]

My Mom is Cajun from Ville Platte. My Dad is Creole from Chicot. Evangeline Parish. Moved to Houston when I was 5. Want to go back so bad. Related to some Fontenots. I probably just saw some ancestors. Nice.

[@lenormand4967]

Creole Diva CAJUNS ARE CREOLES. CREOLE MEANS A EUROPEAN BORN LOCALLY. FOR THE SPANISH, CRIOLLO.