Music and Cajun French in the Most Cajun Place on Earth

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Vermilion Parish Tourism

10 жыл бұрын

Visit with legendary Cajun musician, DL Menard, and learn about the music and Cajun French of Vermilion Parish.

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@Apocryphal_Soldier 5 жыл бұрын

I have good memories as a young child listening to my great grand-daddy sit back in the corner of the living room rearing his head back and singing his heart out to those old cajun songs. I was very young and the distinct memory is impressed on my soul forever. Thankful.

@highwatercircutrider 5 жыл бұрын

I have sweet memories of sitting in my grandparents freezing cold Michigan farmhouse ( they were Polish dairy farmers). Grandpa would start off playing polkas on his old accordion while us youngsters sat on the floor, as close to him and the wood stove as we could get ! His last song was always ‘America the Beautiful’ played with tears running down his wrinkled cheeks. Grand ma never spoke more than a dozen or so english words......grand pa’s was always a mix of english and Polish....ahhhh Jenquia! ( thanks in Polish for sharing your memories ) !

@eyoung2289 7 жыл бұрын

RIP Mr. DL You have left your mark, and your music will live forever in our hearts!

@1blastman 5 ай бұрын

He was a genuine American original. Saw him at the New Orleans Jazzfest several times.

@artsmart 3 жыл бұрын

Cajun heritage is a real treasure and should be regarded as so by the government. Good music good food and great people all!

@3rdfromthesun180 4 жыл бұрын

Back then people helped those who sought refuge. Different times.

@pseudosun 10 жыл бұрын

This brought back so many good memories and feelings.

@CajunLady333 3 жыл бұрын

I'm from Vermilion parish. Beautiful parish to grow up in.

@vivianedube2753 4 жыл бұрын

C’est curieusement l’admiration envers le chanteur Louisianais Zachary Richard et sa détermination à utiliser la langue française; qui m’a conditionnée à m’intéresser davantage à votre culture.-Je raffole de votre entrain lorsque vous livrer vos prestations musicales.-D’ailleurs je vous écoute très fréquemment.-Meilleurs vœux pour une Santé éclatante; de l’Amour; un Bonheur contagieux; et de la Chance 🍀.-Cordiales salutations du Québec.-Viviane. (02 Février 2020)

@myerwerl 4 жыл бұрын

Louisiana should be like Quebec. Preserve your French!

@chrisfontenot8959 3 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately when my parents were in school French was discouraged and students caught speaking French were severely punished. In one generation the number of French speaking people in Louisiana was drastically reduced and efforts to bring it back have had little effect. It’s use continues to decline. I am afraid it will soon be lost.

@bl00drng2 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, LIKE Quebec, but NOT Quebec. We will keep our CAJUN FRENCH, but not the fucking STUPIDITY that IS Quebec.

@lioneldarde1851 Жыл бұрын

@@chrisfontenot8959 c'était pareil en France d'Europe pour les petits bretons ! ou Alsaciens ! En Bretagne il existe des écoles diwan pour entretenir la langue ... et la culture... J'ai vu aussi quelques documentaires sur la Louisiane où des cajun voulaient retourner à l'école pour apprendre le 'français' 😢👏

@eliotguerin192 5 ай бұрын

The problem is that in past generations French was heavily discriminated against, even in the school system. Nowadays French is respected, but almost all of the French speakers have English as their first language. I think it would be good to adopt a policy kind of like Ireland’s, where French is heavily supported by the local governments but it is still understood that English is our first language.

@unclejoeoakland 4 ай бұрын

No. People of style and education will always need to explore the great languages of art and science, and surely French and her many forms are in these camps. The revival is gathering steam. I'd write that in French but man am I rusty!

@rw4749 Жыл бұрын

I have been to many a Cajun music festival. And was happy to hear someone yell “No English!!”😁👍

@livingonadollar2882 4 жыл бұрын

If you listen to monsieur Menard's accent in English This will give you a idea of the diffrence of Cajun french to any other french Plus the twist of words used or not used between the other types of French I am Canadian I speak 98% English and The very basic of French However I am "Metis" Acadian French / Native cree Indian I have done months and months of Tracing the family tree From English speaking Southern Ontario To where most of my family settled in French/English Northern Ontario As this was apart of the gateway to the Acadians that went west and south Some stayed And farmed Others started into the fur trade And used much of the waters to move about even the great lakes The family path then go's to Quebec And then Nova Scotia Then France as far back as 1570's confirmed But with the family crest And name We gathered forces for The first Norman king of England (William) And were given title of Barons afterwards. Corbeau is the name But was Corbett back then The Normans were the Norsemen That came from Scandinavian countries invaded France Attacked Paris for a long time But failed to over take it And settled in the "Normandy" regions in the tenth century. Cajun's Have much history and fights of freedom And culture as did many of the french did in the past Over all they are a very friendly people They love food as do we And put alittle of there culture and love into thier cooking This is why a homecooked meal will always be better then fast food Once you have real Cajun cooking..Popeyes chicken will only let you down ..I have traveled to Acadian country in Eastern Canada Cheticamp being one of them And loved the time i had there My next trip is Cajun country Do some fishing and cooking and learn what i can Bonjour Louisiana !

@charlesjenkins615 4 ай бұрын

I m not Cajun nor do I speak French But I did enjoy reading your post also love Cajun music and food thanks for sharing ☺️✌️

@johnnybx3254 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for all your wonderful music 👍👏👏❤️

@bobdowlen123 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for a Great Performance. We love it in Houston, TX

@jay5467 5 жыл бұрын

Cajun music reminds me of country music, Norteño and Polka.

@rawkinj6609 3 жыл бұрын

May his music live on!

@jeanpaulweyand5131 7 жыл бұрын

Nous étions en Louisiane en Avril 2016, musique fantastique, et les cajuns essaient de parler français et adorent rencontrer des français, New Orleans mais surtout la région de La Fayette et le sud autour de Houma sont typiques

@doi467 5 жыл бұрын

essaient de parler francais? ...i sont francais just differant que toi. but still francais

@Seeker386 3 жыл бұрын

@@doi467 C'est Franglais! 🇨🇵🇬🇧

@s.leemccauley7302 3 жыл бұрын

@@Seeker386 Amerfranglaise.

@jeanpaulkerboull 2 жыл бұрын

Vive la France 🇲🇫 Vive les Cajuns et vive monsieur Menard 🥂

@katlangworthy66 7 жыл бұрын

RIP Mr. Menard...

@rogeralsop3479 5 жыл бұрын

Great music, great shirt.

@randy1ization 5 жыл бұрын

EUNICE la is the real cajun heart.. the prairie land.

@johnlavender7062 7 жыл бұрын

RIP DL Menard!

@j.johnson3520 3 жыл бұрын

Ah..nice and relaxing - thanks. Louisiana and Cajun creole will succeed - and prosper. GBA

@spatulapancakepork 9 жыл бұрын

Doré So glad I met you. Tijuana cheese.

@jean-paulraillat3293 Жыл бұрын

en saintongeais, langue du sud- ouest de la france / thielle musique o zou fiat la goule astheur olé beun, bravo DL....JEAN-PAUL DE SAINTONGE -MARITIME OL12 LE BON TEMPS ROULE

@dd1984mm 7 жыл бұрын

Mais, rest youself in peace, D.L. Menard. You gonna be missed bad bad, yeah.

@markkeneson6806 3 жыл бұрын

Mr. Menard's boots are awesome.

@hank6887 3 жыл бұрын

Opelousas child here. Love my heritage.

@tarheelbilly3367 6 жыл бұрын

I liked Terrebonne Parish,Houma,Grand Caillou, Dulac.Down the bayou Bon ton roulle.Hurricane party everytime it blows.Doug Kershaw,the ragin cajun.Justin Wilson gotta have some wine with that crawfish etoufe.Shrimp boils .I love it,then the oil patches got shutdown in 1981.

@camilomontoya7412 4 жыл бұрын

I can related greatly with Cajun people that were raised in a bi-lingual home. Same was the case with me except Spanish. Still, I see a lot of similarities with Cajun Folk Music and Traditional South American folk music.

@abbyarnold4477 3 жыл бұрын

The 1st language in Louisiana should be French.

@asa3409 3 жыл бұрын

A treasure.

@thejray86 3 жыл бұрын

RIP D.L Menard

@elgatito9489 4 жыл бұрын

Era grande el señor un clásico de la música ranchera vaquero

@Lff3333 4 жыл бұрын

supervideojuego Mike - he loved Cantinflas!

@elgatito9489 4 жыл бұрын

@@Lff3333 gracias amigo l love country music, also lived two years in Kansas, l like all the songs of Kenny Rogers,,greetings from baja California México,

@wovokanarchy 9 жыл бұрын

Acadian East Coast exiled south by the British.

@Lff3333 4 жыл бұрын

I’m looking for the Cajun song « Les genou du cyprès » which translates in English to « don’t look back ». Anyone heard of it?

3 жыл бұрын

It translates to the cypres knees

@TheZwieblekopf 8 жыл бұрын

I would like to have the vid of D.L. makin a chair.

@philipleblanc62 6 жыл бұрын

This spoken dialect is a bit filtered from when my grandfather's generation spoke it as he did not learn English until he went to World War II although this is a little filtered with American influence I think everyone here forgets that Louisiana was France until the 1800s up until the Louisiana Purchase this dialect way of speaking is closer to the way people spoke French during King Louie's time in France after which lots of French migrated to Canada and mostly Louisiana is settled by Acadian French people from the regions of Nova Scotia not Quebec

@joycemoss6205 4 жыл бұрын

it was said that people from France when they heard cajun french, it was like stepping back in time!

@risingsun5999 6 жыл бұрын

The high Jack Black music

@iaininkster6302 8 жыл бұрын

The presenter is Samantha Cameron?

@mconsiglio5 6 жыл бұрын

whats crazy ... i live like 30 min from cajun country....its crazy how old timers sound like they barely speak english....long live zydeco

@gregdaweson4657 3 жыл бұрын

shame they are slowly losing their accents

@Seashellsbytheseashore21 9 ай бұрын

My great grandfather was raised to speak French…and an interpreter in WWI…spoke many languages…but couldn’t speak English worth a damn lol. Raised in Avoyelles Parish, over 100 years ago.

@Roergue 5 жыл бұрын

In France we mainly know Zachary RICHARD, a remarkable cajun singer. Beautiful songs. Vive la Louisiane !

@mlejeune9 Жыл бұрын

That's unfortunate. Zachary Richard is fake Cajun music 🤣

@ruanohogain8010 5 жыл бұрын

Why would anyone dislike this video?

@stopglobalswarming 5 жыл бұрын

Francophobie

@bayouboy6615 5 жыл бұрын

my pawoaw t-van my dads dad cold not speak eng just cajun french

@bobweiser6883 8 жыл бұрын

funny je pensais qu'ils sont partis de l'acadie au nouveau - brunswick???? appolyon my man one of us have to read more about it

@thomasgee6820 2 жыл бұрын

If you speed the song up it sounds like a french mixed with corridos

@williamdupont8301 4 жыл бұрын

Avoyelles parish cajun crossroads.

@mamatibborscassady9388 9 жыл бұрын

and there it is! The real thing, as the Cajun would say, 'the pure thing" Not Zydeco.............this is the music of my childhood....Opelousas, La.

@pearlitica11 8 жыл бұрын

+mamatibbors cassady Zydeco is the 'real' thing as well, and they are more similar than different.

@CorrieBergeron 8 жыл бұрын

+mamatibbors cassady Zydeco aka "les haricots" music is just as authentically Cajun. It's Creole, ami! Yas, it infuses the blues, but that pentatonic scale and the I-IV-V chord progression are universal. We can have both-and and still pass a good time, non?

@christopherpugmire2969 6 жыл бұрын

bien dit!

@lenormand4967 6 жыл бұрын

Corrie Bergeron CAJUNS ARE CREOLE. A CREOLE IS A FRANCO GAULIC BORN LOCALLY. ACADIANS AND OUR QUEBEC RELATIONS ARE CREOLE. THE SPANISH BORN HERE ARE CRIOLLO.

@briananderson618 6 жыл бұрын

actually a cajun would say "tha pure tang" but I reckon dats just splittin hares aint it..;-)

@fuckugplus 7 жыл бұрын

booonjour

@Lff3333 4 жыл бұрын

It's hard to believe that they still remember and speak Spanish after all these centuries spent away!

@Lff3333 4 жыл бұрын

Chris Joseph . I understand. But why did these Spaniards switch to French? That doesn’t really make much sense?

@Lff3333 4 жыл бұрын

Chris Joseph - yes there are interesting facts such as the name Louisiana which derives from a Turkish trumpet performer called Louis Armstrong, a cousin of Neil’s the astronomer. And the word “Cajun” which derives from the french word “camion” which means truck. And last “dirty rice” which is a see food dish composed of clams, octopus and squid. The “dirty” derives from “dingy “ as fishermen would have used one to catch the above mentioned fish. And the word “rice” comes from “bite” as in when the squid bite the hook.

@justinmercer3147 4 жыл бұрын

They are speaking Cajun French. They were never Spaniards. They are descended from The Acadian French people who originally settled in the maritime provinces of Canada but were forced off their land and eventually settled in Louisiana. Due to isolation, their French gradually became a distinct dialect but is still mutually intelligible to other French speakers. Not sure why you think they were Spaniards or that they're speaking Spanish. Doesn't sound similar at all.

@justinmercer3147 4 жыл бұрын

@@Lff3333 Also, "Cajun" doesn't come from the word "camion". It comes from their name "Acadian", which in French sounds similar to "acajun". Like I said they are Acadian French people in ancestry.

@Lff3333 4 жыл бұрын

Justin Mercer - you must be confused. I’m talking about Cajuns here! Not canadians

@pierremariejeanahlstrom7714 6 жыл бұрын

I made up a Cajun song

@stopglobalswarming 5 жыл бұрын

Record it.

@felipeg1065 5 жыл бұрын

@Lff3333 4 жыл бұрын

Louisiana was built essentially on its African heritage ( ie the actual name derives from trumpet virtuoso Louis Armstrong). It has a great tradition of local food- jambalaya was initially a Wolof delicacy.

@peterjones5243 4 жыл бұрын

*French

@Lff3333 4 жыл бұрын

Peter Jones - actually Louis Armstrong was an African American of black origin initially born into a coloured family. Not french at all

@peterjones5243 4 жыл бұрын

@@Lff3333 not sure you understood what I said

@Lff3333 4 жыл бұрын

Peter Jones - I’m glad I was able to correct you on the history of Louisiana. On the french side - yes- there are a number of words that derive from french: “ ordure menagere ” is a rice dish; “puanteur” means perfume/ aftershave; “chaussur” means hat. The phrase:”pass moi ton slip” means “please pass me the salt” . “Faire l’indien” is a creole dish

@kathleenkirchoff9223 3 жыл бұрын

Mais non Louisiana was named long before Louis Armstrong was born. Yes there are strong African roots in Louisiana cooking and Jazz but the name is French. And many Africans speak French.

@BraidedLady 8 жыл бұрын

Where is Acadia?

@squeakystool 8 жыл бұрын

Nova Scotia Canada Cape Breton

@JCrow-kz4nw 3 жыл бұрын

Big question. Ask Poussin. (Painter)

@Lff3333 4 жыл бұрын

It’s hard to accept that people think of the degenerates in the film Deliverance when they think about Cajuns. Not all Cajuns are like in the film!

@Melody615199999 3 ай бұрын

No Cajuns were in that film. None of those Deliverance actors were supposed to be Cajuns. Maybe you're thinking of Southern Comfort.

@marcdurtal6005 Жыл бұрын

YOU NEED TO LEARN VOLTAIRE YOU WILL SPEAK A BETTER FRENCH; MON AMI

@michelvansteenberge571 5 жыл бұрын

Bla bla, parles comme tes frères

@Rob2977 9 жыл бұрын

This is from Quebec, Canada North! Sorry but it originated from there.. NOT Louisiana!!! .But to say he sounds drunk when he sings.. He's does have some words correct as Canada's slang (Mixing french and english together.... but the other half is Canada's french drunk slur talk / singing.. If I were to define Cajun to all french people in Canada... I would say drink 10 bottles of whiskey and talk french or sing! Because if you were to talk to a Police Officer here like that in Canada... Where everybody is almost french / English 100% ..He would definitely throw you in the slammer for over intoxication and wouldn't believe you if you said you had only 1 beer.. I'm not joking!

@josephinefox5115 9 жыл бұрын

Its called a dialect. And acadians come from Canada. Nova Scotia. Cajun french is a lot different from formal french.

@josephinefox5115 9 жыл бұрын

You're criticizing his french, but he doesn't have good English either. He has a combination of both

@Rob2977 9 жыл бұрын

***** NO! I'm fully bilingual french and English. Born french and speak english like anybody else and you wouldn't even know I spoke french perfectly! Trust me when I say.. That french is a lazy speaking french from somebody who had no idea how to speak it and showed this state! I'm not saying that his french should be Paris perfect lol Even I don't speak that way.. Sounds GAY if you ask me LOL Canadian french is more smoother.. but this is the worst french and nobody should take this on.. Call it cajun if you want.. but as a french person I call this GARBAGE and should be buried like all the trash in the world!

@Rob2977 9 жыл бұрын

***** I wouldn't even call that an accent! It's called " I have no idea how to speak french"!

@brianmyers4825 9 жыл бұрын

Apollyon I thought Canadians were supposed to be better educated than this? Its a dialect. Just because it is different from your French doesn't mean that it is wrong. They would consider your French wrong just as much as a Parisian would consider your French wrong. They're just different. I'd say he does pretty well for someone raised as a poor farm boy.