It's The Culture, Stupid....

[CajunVic]

Not due to that effort.

. . . you are wrong and let's leave it at that . . . after that, people only wanted to go if the tickets were free . . .

[CajunNation]

. . . I have a dear friend from Arnaudville whose three kids (two boys and a girl) play cajun french music together . . . the younger one sings the french songs and he does not know french . . . it is very entertaining . . .

There are many young people heavily into Cajun Music. There are French Immersion programs throughout Acadiana. It's the best kept secret in Louisiana.

What makes a culture? It is the everyday things done by a certain group of people and the common beliefs of those people.

Everyday things? Language. Food. Music. Work. We still eat a primarily Cajun/Creole diet. We speak French very little. We listen to Cajun/Zydeco moderately. We still have a good work ethic. We need to promote the language much, much more. We need to promote the music more. Seems to me, gatherings like sporting events would be prime opportunities for this to happen.

Beliefs? Family. Religion. We still believe in family, but modern things are eroding these ties quite rapidly. Religious practices have fallen quite a lot over the decades. Perhaps an effort should be made to recruit all of the local KC chapters into this movement? Also, limiting screen time should be an effort by all Cajun families. Encourage face to face communication. Are we passing our traditions down to our children?

[CajunVic]

. . . I believe that because the French Immersion is the real French spoken in Paris as opposed to the Cajun French still spoken somewhat in rural Acadiana, it is like two boats floating in the sea . . . because there is no connect between the two, it has just not had the impact which was envisioned when it was introduced . . . its just not the same . . . all of the other things you post are absolutely on point . . .

[CajunNation]

This is my question.

Does this university offer courses in Cajun French? If not, why not? Promoting Cajun Culture should be part of the mission statement of the university. It should be a prime directive. Once the Culture is completely gone, so does the identity of this university.



https://aflafayette.org/courses

Colby Lejeune from KRVS has an introductory course starting Oct 19th.

[CajunVic]

. . . nice . . .

[CajunNation]

Is it just me or did we take it up a notch with our "____ the older fans off with the music" strategy yesterday? Not only was it 95% hip hop, but half the time the bass was turned up so much it wasn't even discernible what songs were playing.

You are not alone. To me, the more we blast that noise at games, the faster we destroy our Culture. We are not like the rest of the country. We need to stop trying to be like them.

[fanof71]

There are many young people heavily into Cajun Music. There are French Immersion programs throughout Acadiana. It's the best kept secret in Louisiana.

What makes a culture? It is the everyday things done by a certain group of people and the common beliefs of those people.

Everyday things? Language. Food. Music. Work. We still eat a primarily Cajun/Creole diet. We speak French very little. We listen to Cajun/Zydeco moderately. We still have a good work ethic. We need to promote the language much, much more. We need to promote the music more. Seems to me, gatherings like sporting events would be prime opportunities for this to happen.

Beliefs? Family. Religion. We still believe in family, but modern things are eroding these ties quite rapidly. Religious practices have fallen quite a lot over the decades. Perhaps an effort should be made to recruit all of the local KC chapters into this movement? Also, limiting screen time should be an effort by all Cajun families. Encourage face to face communication. Are we passing our traditions down to our children?

If you’re not living your culture, you’re killing it."

Jordon Thibadeaux

[Turbine]

. . . you are wrong and let's leave it at that . . . after that, people only wanted to go if the tickets were free . . .

Sounds like there was a problem before the effort.

This effort was not the problem.

[ManAboutTown]

It's the culture, stupid...It's our culture to enjoy good food, good music, dancing, honoring hard work with an equally honored good time, interacting with friends and family, recognizing a culture in South Louisiana built on the backs of generations of "Cajuns" ( full disclosure, I'm not a native Cajun, but I fully embrace the this life and lifestyle) This culture is generations deep, it's why we all live in a one of a kind culture...

Allow me to ask WHY doesUL, season after season, sport after sport, continue to totally ignore the inclusion of this unique culture into athletic (mainly football) game day experience?

The football game day /stadium experience (after repeating the same format) multiple seasons, has really not changed despite Maggard hiring people to take charge of the situation. Are they that incompetent?

UL has ____ed away opportunity after opportunity to engage the local fan and alumni. And there are a ton of examples mentioned on these pages every season...Why this operation doesn't embrace the local culture, leverage it (along with other CF assets that sit in plain site), promote it, and showcase it on game days is just mind numbing...

Tuesday night, App plays a 2-2 COVID Carolina team in Boone. That culture will be on full display on ESPN2 along with 30,000+ fans...App leverages it's mountain culture all game long. Youseph, Eric Church, Luke Combs music, Alabama's "Play me some mountain music" it's all on display....

The whole UL athletic department should attend next week's Festival Acadiens, and figure out a way to transfer that energy, culture, and fun into CF.

It's not so much the football being played at CF, plenty of home success over the last 5 years...it's the ____zz show, high school like, in game experience that is keeping fans away...there is nothing Ragin or Cajun about CF on game days...it's the culture, stupid..or lack there of...

I'm not telling you something you don't already know, but they have no idea how to do that. If an "authentic" Italian restaurant is owned and operated by Canadians, it won't take long for Italian natives to figure out that the restaurant is a fraud. The same thing is happening here. You can't have an administration full of midweserners pawning themselves off as "Cajun" and expect the locals to buy in. That's just not our culture.

[CajunVic]

I'm not telling you something you don't already know, but they have no idea how to do that. If an "authentic" Italian restaurant is owned and operated by Canadians, it won't take long for Italian natives to figure out that the restaurant is a fraud. The same thing is happening here. You can't have an administration full of midweserners pawning themselves off as "Cajun" and expect the locals to buy in. That's just not our culture.

. . . true dat . . . no matter how much they try, they will never be Cajun . . . like wearing a cap backwards, that is most certainly not a Cajun thing . . .

[Turbine]

Louisiana Culture shows up at night.

Regular day games will never be as well attended as Louisiana Saturday Nights.

[Turbine]

. . . true dat . . . no matter how much they try, they will never be Cajun . . . like wearing a cap backwards, that is most certainly not a Cajun thing . . .

Weren't you promoting Coon Tail hats last week?

Very similar to an upward visibility cap.