A happy people in virtual isolation until the early 1900's, they certainly know how to have a good time.
"Live easy and enjoy the people around you,
that was the laid back attitude of the Cajuns."
A full grown Cajun likes fiddles and accordians in his music, plenty of pepper in hiscourtbouillon,shrimp in his nets, and love in his home.
A cajun likes to dance and laugh and sing when his week of hard work has ended.
And just as Saturday night at the fais-do-do replenishes his store of energy so he can meet the next week's chores with vigor, Sunday a Church refreshes his spiritual and moral values and keeps strong his always-sustained faith.
And, as fun loving as he is, a Cajun can work as long and hard as any man. He carved out "Acadiana" by hand, from the swamps, marshes and uncultivated prairies.
But when the work is done, a Cajun can sweep you right into a wonderful world of joie de vivre with his music and a handfull of happy little words:
Laissez les bon temps rouler!
"LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL!"