ZACHARY, La. (Louisiana First) — Louisiana is the only American state where French can be heard frequently, as the language has been part of its culture since the late 1600s. Some people are trying to ...

Because they want to speak and keep the language of Cajun French alive, a group called The French Table gathers once a month in a study room at the West Feliciana Parish to speak, study and share.

Inside a small school down the bayou, southwest of New Orleans, two second-graders sit at a table covered with flash cards. Juliet and Lana attend École Pointe-au-Chien, a new public French immersion ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - Cajun music is a staple of Louisiana life and the Cajun French Music Association is working to keep that tradition alive. Jess Cormier joined us this morning to talk about ...

“This ain’t a history book. This ain’t a museum. This is a living, breathing culture,” shouted musician Jourdan Thibodeaux to a crowd at Festivals Acadiens et Créoles in Lafayette, worn out from ...

When Janice Prejean was growing up, if she wanted to speak with her grandparents, she had to do it in French. To crack the code of the private conversations and jokes that flew over the heads of ...

VILLE PLATTE, La.— By 8:30 Saturday morning, the red-brick tavern called Fred's Lounge is already filled with rice farmers, bikers from New Orleans and wide-eyed French tourists ready to party. Some ...

Last month, KVPI, a commercial radio station in Ville Platte, Louisiana, was awarded the “Uniquely Louisiana” award from the Louisiana Association of Broadcasters. The award was due in large part to ...

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