Where did Cajun people originate? and what are they best known for?

Answer 1

Nova Scotia. Hot peppers and scrubboards. Xydeco music.

Answer 2

They are the refugees from the French and Indian Wars, when they , the French settlers, were expelled by the British from the Canadian province of Nova Scotia to the then-French territory of Louisiana. The were called "Acadians', and the language translated that into "Cajuns".

They are probably best known today for Cajun culture, a mixture of French language, mixed with Creole influences and English, as well as great food, wonderful music of its own kind, dating back to the rhythms of their French-Canadian roots.

The 1990 U.S. Census of Population was the first census to include "Cajun/Acadian" as an ethnic group category. As the Associated Press correctly observed in August 1993, "The release of ancestry data for Louisiana in recent days offers the first look at how many people call themselves Cajun and where they live." Among the more immediate findings offered by the census data:

! 10 percent of all Louisianian’s listed themselves as primarily "Cajun," or about 400,000 total; another 25,000 listed "Cajun" as their secondary ancestry;

Answer 3

french/canadian mixture...food...hot and crazy talk and legends.