Cajun

Forget Elf on a Shelf...You better watch out for Le Petit Bonhomme Janvier!

We've all been there at some point in our lives. We find ourselves somewhere outside of South Louisiana surrounded by people not accustomed to the things we say or do. We might let out a "C'est tout fini?" or tell someone to "Make a pass" because "We're gonna make a roux" and get a look as if we're speaking a language from a different galaxy. For folks who might now know what we're all about, below is officially the unofficial guide to "Nine Things To Expect When A Cajun Moves In To Your Town".

In modern French, the word 'cauchemar' means nightmare.

I remember my dad singing this one to us when we were kids all the time.

The Cajun Music community recently lost one of its icons when Mr. Belton Richard passed away.

Did you know Louisiana has its own school of witchcraft and wizardry? Probably not, because it’s a secret we just invented. Come find out which house you're in!

Whether you have a chihuahua or a great dane, a Cajun dog needs a Cajun name.

Some of these things are unique only to our slice of paradise. This list of things, I believe, every true Cajun has in his or her home or repertoire. What do YOU think?

I was scrolling through the Cajun Memes page on Facebook, and I found these memes that only Cajuns would understand!

Did you know there was a Louisiana spin-off planned for the ‘80s Care Bears cartoon? Probably not, because we just made it up. But the show would've been a hit.

A Reddit user posted the guide saying it "saved him so many times."

Ever wonder what Wheel of Fortune would be like if Vanna White were Cajun? Spin the wheel, buy a vowel, and find out here.

These kids played great music at the Cajundome, but the kid on the drum does NOT look like he wanted to be there! Too cute!

Inspired by Paul Harvey's 'So God Made a Farmer' speech at the 1978 Future Farmers of American convention, Dixon Wallace McMakin created this video

It's said that God only gives you what he knows you can handle. Maybe that's why we go through so much here, and we're completely fine with that.

First Cousins: Cajun and Creole Music in South Louisiana is a documentary being made by the Istre sisters from Lafayette.

Here are some ideas we came up for new festivals we need but currently don't have in the Bayou State.

Here's a video that will take you back into time. It shows us what life was really like in "Cajun Country" back in the 1970s.

I bought my favorite flower to put in my garden and suddenly remembered what my Maw Maw preached to me as a child. "Don't you plant anything on Good Friday, Cher!" I swear she made the sign of the cross when she said it.

LSU kicker Colby Delahoussaye is proud of his South Louisiana roots and a video of the New Iberia native reading the 'Cajun Night Before Christmas.'