* Major Cajun / Zydeco festivals are held annually in Rhode Island, which does not have a sizable Cajun population but is home to many Franco-Americans of Québécois and Acadian descent.

Cajun is usually defined as a Caucasian ( white ) person of European descent.

It is to be noted however that white Americans of French or French-Canadian descent who are not Cajun and whose first and usual language is English are usually considered part of the Anglo group without further distinction.

LaBeouf's mother is Jewish, and LaBeouf's father, who is of Cajun ( French ) descent, is from a Christian background.

He is of Cajun French descent through his mother.

He is of Cajun descent.

The term is also used by some of Cajun descent in nearby East Texas and Mississippi.

There are also Bouchers descended from Marin Boucher in Louisiana, either of Acadian ( Cadien or Cajun ) descent or more directly descended from the Canadian ( Quebec ) lines.

One example of this is the subcategory of Cajun dances that originated in Acadiana, with branches reaching both coasts of the United States.

In Earnest J. Gaines ' novel, " A Lesson Before Dying " Bayonne, Louisiana is the name of a Cajun town central to the book.

Cajun cuisine ( ) is the style of cooking named for the French-speaking Acadian or " Cajun " immigrants deported by the British from Acadia in Canada to the Acadiana region of Louisiana, USA.

An authentic Cajun meal is usually a three-pot affair, with one pot dedicated to the main dish, one dedicated to steamed rice, special made sausages, or some other seafood dish, and the third containing whatever vegetable is plentiful or available.

This technique is much newer than the others on this list, but very common in Cajun Country

The following is a partial list of ingredients used in Cajun cuisine and some of the staple ingredients of the Acadian food culture.

Though parts of Acadiana are well suited to cattle or dairy farming, beef is not often used in a pre-processed or uniquely Cajun form.

*" Cajun spice " blends such as Tony Chachere's and REX King of Spice are sometimes used in Acadiana kitchens, but do not suit every cook's style because Cajun-style seasoning is often achieved from scratch, even by taste.

* Vinegar seasoned with small, pickled, hot green peppers is a common condiment with many Cajun meals.

Preparation of a dark roux is probably the most involved or complicated procedure in Cajun cuisine, involving heating fat and flour very carefully, constantly stirring for about 15 – 45 minutes ( depending on the color of the desired product ), until the mixture has darkened in color and developed a nutty flavor.

* Stocks: Acadian stocks are more heavily seasoned than Continental counterparts, and the shellfish stock sometimes made with shrimp and crawfish heads is unique to Cajun cuisine.

The classic gumbo is made with chicken and the Cajun sausage called andouille, pronounced

The main character of the film is a Cajun boy.

Much of Cajun or Creole cuisine is based on France, and on Spain to a lesser extent.

* In Southern Louisiana, there is Cajun and Creole cuisine.

In addition to the above listed foods, Acadian families were introduced to vegetables such as okra, which is a key ingredient in gumbos as well as many other Cajun and Creole dishes.

A spicy tomato sauce known as sauce piquante is common in Louisiana Cajun cuisine, that can contain any seafood, poultry, or meats such as wild game.

* The Cajun Waltz is danced progressively around the floor, and is characterized by the subtle swaying of the hips and step very close to ordinary walking.

Different nationalities included Wolverine, Aurora, Northstar and Transonic as Canadians ; Colossus and Magik from Russia ; Banshee and Siryn from Ireland ; Gambit who is a Cajun, the original Thunderbird who was an Apache Native American ; Psylocke, Wolfsbane and Chamber from the U. K .; Armor, Surge and Zero from Japan ; Nightcrawler from Germany ; Legion from Israel ; Omega Sentinel, Neal Shaara, Kavita Rao and Indra from India ; Velocidad from Mexico ; Oya from Nigeria ; Primal from Ukraine ; etc.

One obvious result of this cultural mixture is the variety of surnames that are common among the Cajun population.

Sociologists Jacques Henry and Carl L. Bankston III have maintained that the preservation of Cajun ethnic identity is a result of the social class of Cajuns.

The Cajun heartland of Louisiana is highlighted in darker red.

In Cajun Foodways, C. Paige Gutierrez describes gumbo as " an economical dish " useful for " feed a large number of people with a small amount of meat or seafood ".

Cajun cracklings ( or " cracklins ") from Cajun cuisine are fried pieces of pork fat with a small amount of attached skin, flavored after frying with a mixture of peppery Cajun spices.

A group of UL Lafayette engineering students participating in the Cajun Advanced Picosatellite Experiment ( CAPE ) built a small artificial satellite, known as a CubeSat, that was launched into orbit from the Republic of Kazakhstan in 2007.

his small but laughing world of Cajun friends and swamp critters.

After graduating from Ville Platte High in 1956, he opened a small record store, Floyd's Record Shop and discovered that although people were still interested in them, Cajun French records were no longer being produced.

After the botched execution, a young lawyer, Bertrand DeBlanc, who was best friends with the victim, decided to take Francis's case, much to the dismay of the small Cajun town.

The town now proudly calls itself the " Cajun Music Capital of the World ," based on " having the greatest number of professional Cajun musicians of any place on earth.

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

Delcambre is a town in Iberia and Vermilion parishes in the U. S. state of Louisiana, located twelve miles ( 20 km ) east of Abbeville on Louisiana Highway 14 in the Cajun Heartland of Acadiana.

Nicknamed " The Andouille Capital of the World ," the town of LaPlace, Louisiana, on the Mississippi River, is especially noted for its Cajun andouille.

Spencer and Hardin make their way to a remote dirt road where they get a ride from a Cajun couple and are brought to the next town where the local Cajun community is celebrating with a party.