Up to and including 2011, there were separate categories for various regional American music forms, such as Hawaiian music, Native American music and Zydeco / Cajun music.

Since their establishment in Louisiana the Cajuns have developed their own dialect, Cajun French, and developed a vibrant culture including folkways, music, and cuisine.

Cajun music is evolved from its roots in the music of the French-speaking Catholics of Canada.

Cajun music gained national attention in 2007, when the Grammy Award for Best Zydeco or Cajun Music Album category was created.

It features Cajun culture and food, as well as authentic Louisiana musical acts both famous and unknown, drawing attendance not only from the strong Cajun / Zydeco music scene in Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York City and California, but from all over the world.

The music is taken from the Cajun song " Grand Texas ".

The song not only sold millions of copies but over the years has become the symbol of Cajun music.

It is a combination of folk-rock, Cajun and Celtic music.

* Alcide " Blind Uncle " Gaspard, early recording artist of traditional Cajun music.

The festival offers authentic Cajun food, crafts, and music.

The town is famous for its music and musicians, and bills itself as " The Cajun Music Capital of the World.

Mamou is also home of the world famous Fred's Lounge, which features live Cajun music every Saturday morning.

Ville Platte has significant Creole and Cajun music and cultural associations.

As in other places in Louisiana, there is a noticeable presence of Cajun culture, music, and cuisine.

Triple Play was Perkins ' first solo album of his own music, released in 2003, revealing blues, country, bluegrass gospel and Cajun influences.

The triangle ( known in Cajun French as a ‘ tit-fer ) is popular in Cajun music where it serves as the strong beat, especially if no drums are present.

The census response " Cajun French | Cajun " and French-based creole languages are not included

Traditional Cajun instruments: Triangle ( instrument ) | tit-fer, Cajun accordion, and a fiddle.

* Gerard Dupuy " Cajun Stump Jumper ", Cajun fiddler.

He also recorded a version of Cajun fiddler Harry Choates ' " Jole Blon ".

* Sammy Kershaw ( born 1958 ), singer and songwriter, a relative of the Cajun fiddler, Doug Kershaw

* Rufus Thibodeaux ( 1934-2005 ), American Cajun fiddler

Cajun folkways include many ways of preserving meat, some of which are waning due to the availability of refrigeration and mass-produced meat at the grocer.

The super-deluxe " Grand Prix " at Mr. Pizza has Cajun shrimp, bell peppers, olives, and mushrooms on one side, and potato wedges, bacon, crushed tortilla chips, and sour cream on the other side.

Country singer-songwriter Mary Chapin Carpenter and Cajun musical group BeauSoleil also appeared singing Carpenter's hit " Down at the Twist and Shout ".

" Galvez leaves New Orleans with an army of Spanish regulars and the Louisiana militia made up of 600 Cajun volunteers and captures the British strongholds of Fort Bute at Bayou Manchac, across from the Acadian settlement at St. Gabriel.

24. 89 % reported speaking French or Cajun French at home, while 1. 64 % speak Vietnamese and 1. 02 % Spanish.

5. 43 % reported speaking French or Cajun French at home, while 2. 45 % speak Spanish and 1. 59 % Vietnamese.

The 2000 census counted 44, 915 people in the parish who are at least five years old of whom 31, 229 ( 69. 5 %) speak only English at home, 27. 44 % reported speaking French ( Colonial French also known as Plantation Society French ) or Cajun French at home, while 1. 52 % speak Louisiana Creole French.

It is at the heart of Creole and Cajun culture and heritage in Louisiana.

16. 7 % reported speaking French or Cajun French at home.

93. 78 % of the population spoke only English at home, while 4. 97 % spoke French or Cajun French.

19. 12 % reported speaking French or Cajun French at home, while 1. 51 % speak Spanish.

14. 37 % reported speaking French or Cajun French at home, while 1. 73 % speak Spanish.

16. 15 % of the population reported speaking French or Cajun French at home.

11. 99 % reported speaking French or Cajun French at home, while 1. 48 % speak Lao and 1. 29 % Spanish.

25. 71 % reported speaking French or Cajun French at home, the highest percentage of any Louisiana parish.

11. 57 % reported speaking French or Cajun French at home, while 1. 83 % speak Spanish.

17. 64 % reported speaking French or Cajun French at home, while 2. 12 % speak Spanish.

81. 14 % of the population over the age of five spoke only English at home, while 17. 58 % reported speaking French or Cajun French.

94. 46 % of the population spoke only English at home, while 2. 76 % spoke French or Cajun French, and 2. 41 % spoke Spanish.

6. 22 % reported speaking French or Cajun French at home, while 4. 68 % speak Spanish.