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Sign at entrance to Vermillion Ville, Acadian culture village 2. Wide shot young man scraping wood 3. Medium shot young man scraping wood 4. Close shot Spanish moss in tree 5. Various buildings6....\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eLafayette, Louisiana - July 10, 2008\u003cbr/\u003e1. Sign at entrance to Vermillion Ville, Acadian culture village \u003cbr/\u003e2. Wide shot young man scraping wood \u003cbr/\u003e3. Medium shot young man scraping wood \u003cbr/\u003e4. Close shot Spanish moss in tree \u003cbr/\u003e5. Various buildings\u003cbr/\u003e6. Wide shot walkway \u003cbr/\u003e7. Craftswoman Joycelyn Trahan preparing to make Mardi Gras masks with guests \u003cbr/\u003e8. Various close shots of sewing \u003cbr/\u003e9. Close shot feet on peddle for sewing machine \u003cbr/\u003e10. SOUNDBITE (English) Joycelyn Trahan, seamstress at Vermillion Ville: \u003cbr/\u003e\"And I've been sewing since I was probably fourteen, thirteen. My mom was a finished seamstress and she sewed throughout and we were five girls, we learned how to sew at an early age and I've been doing it ever since.\" \u003cbr/\u003e11. Medium sign for Acadian cultural centre, Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve  \u003cbr/\u003e12. Medium shot children drawing \u003cbr/\u003e13. Elista Istre with class; \u003cbr/\u003eUPSOUND (English) Elista Istre, Park Ranger at the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve \"What did we learn about food?\" \u003cbr/\u003eStudent - \"They made the file gumbo and the file is made from leaves.\" \u003cbr/\u003eElista Istre - \"That's right. They make file gumbo and file is made from leaves. From sassafrass. Awesome Jean Paul. You're right, we did do that.\" \u003cbr/\u003e14. SOUNDBITE (English) Elista Istre, Park Ranger at the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve:  \u003cbr/\u003e\"The Acadians left, they were a group of peasants and they left France in 1604, and they arrived in Nova Scotia, a region in Canada. After about 150 years of living there, they were sent into exile by the British, and for the next ten years, they were wandering from basically one continent to another looking for a homeland. The Spanish, who were actually in control of the Louisiana colony at the time, invited them to come and settle in the area. So the first Acadian exiles started arriving around 1765, ten years after the exile took place, and they made Louisiana their home.\" \u003cbr/\u003e15. Medium shot museum diagram of Acadian arrival in Louisiana \u003cbr/\u003e16. Tilt up farming diagram and plough \u003cbr/\u003e17. SOUNDBITE (English) Elista Istre, Park Ranger at the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve:\u003cbr/\u003e\"So a fiddler had a lot of competition for noise. After a while whenever the Germans came in, the Germans introduced the accordion to the musical repertoire and the accordion became very popular because it's a louder instrument so people didn't have to struggle to hear the beat of the music quite as hard. And so before amplification the fiddle tunes nearly died out. After amplification came into the music scene, now when you see a typical Cajun band they almost always have not only a fiddle but also an accordion in the music.\"   \u003cbr/\u003e18. Close shot accordion \u003cbr/\u003eEunice, Louisiana - July 11, 2008 \u003cbr/\u003e19. Medium shot Mark Savoy playing accordion \u003cbr/\u003e20. Close shot accordion \u003cbr/\u003e21. SOUNDBITE (English) Mark Savoy, owner of Savoy's Music centre: \u003cbr/\u003e\"I think that by building accordions, the more people that have accordions, the more the music is going to get popular, and the more people are going to come down to Louisiana to check it out.\" \u003cbr/\u003e22. Savoy puts top on accordion  \u003cbr/\u003e23. Tilt down accordion \u003cbr/\u003e24. Tilt up Savoy closing accordion \u003cbr/\u003eUPSOUND (English) Mark Savoy, owner of Savoy's Music centre: \u003cbr/\u003e\"Should make a person happy when he opens the box and gets this here. Should be fine.\"  \u003cbr/\u003eLafayette, Louisiana  - July 11, 2008 \u003cbr/\u003e25. Medium shot accordion player \u003cbr/\u003e26. Medium shot guitar player \u003cbr/\u003e27. Close shot guitar\u003cbr/\u003e28. Medium shot accordion player singing Cajun song \u003cbr/\u003e29. Close shot triangle  \u003cbr/\u003e30. Medium shot fiddler \u003cbr/\u003e31. Close shot fiddler \u003cbr/\u003e32. SOUNDBITE (Cajun- French/English) Tommy Michot, Musician in the band \"Les Freres Michot\": \u003cbr/\u003e\"(Cajun - French)There are standards, songs like 'I went to the dance last night, I'm going again tonight, and if I get a chance, I'm going back tomorrow night. Those are the words of a songs that in English is called, (English) 'I went to the dance last night, I'm going again tonight, and if I get a chance, I'm going back tomorrow night.' That's kind of the - that's something we try to live by.\"   \u003cbr/\u003e33. Medium shot guests at music session\u003cbr/\u003eLafayette, Louisiana is a small southern city in the United States and the centre of a Cajun culture.\u003cbr/\u003eThe Cajun people are descendants of French peasants who settled in the East coast provinces of Canada in the early 18th century, and came to Louisiana after being exiled by the British in the mid-19th century.  \u003cbr/\u003eModern day Cajuns keep their culture alive through music and particularly through the accordion. \u003cbr/\u003eAt Vermillion Ville, a historical park near Lafayette, Louisiana, French-influenced Cajun culture is still very much alive. \u003cbr/\u003eLocated along the banks of the Bayou Vermillion, the park showcases the architecture, clothing and crafts of Cajun and Creole settlers between 1765 and 1890. \u003cbr/\u003eThe grounds include six original homes, where craftspeople like Joycelyn Trahan show visitors how their ancestors lived. \u003cbr/\u003eTrahan uses a foot-powered sewing machine passed down to her by her mother-in-law to prepare Mardi Gras masks for local children to decorate.   \u003cbr/\u003eShe says she's been sewing from a very young age.\u003cbr/\u003eThe Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve is another local institution dedicated to preserving the region's past. \u003cbr/\u003eAmong the many French settlers who migrated to Canada in the early 17th century, one particular group settled in Nova Scotia, known at that time as Acadia. \u003cbr/\u003eThe Acadians farmed, fished and lived in peace. \u003cbr/\u003eThey spoke French and practiced Catholicism. In 1755, they were driven out of Nova Scotia by the English because they refused to pledge allegiance to the English flag, give up their religion, and stop speaking French. \u003cbr/\u003eThe wandering Acadians eventually found a new home amid the swamps and waterways of southern Louisiana. \u003cbr/\u003eThey were accepted by the French and Spanish settlers in that area, and it appears that the term \"Cajun\" results from a neighbourly mispronunciation of Acadian.\u003cbr/\u003eResearchers say that between 1764 to 1788, about 3000 Acadian settlers arrived in the area.\u003cbr/\u003ePark ranger Elista Istre introduces local children to Cajun country's wildlife and culture.   \u003cbr/\u003eShe explains that the Cajun's ancestors the Acadians left France in the 1600's for Nova Scotia. After being sent into exile by the British they were finally granted a colony in Louisiana by the Spanish.\u003cbr/\u003eMusic is a key element of Cajun culture, with the fiddle and the accordion taking centre stage. \u003cbr/\u003eIstre says that accordions were introduced by the Germans and that they became popular because they could carry sound further. \u003cbr/\u003eThe passion for Cajun music persists with the help of master instrument makers like Mark Savoy. \u003cbr/\u003eAt Savoy's Music centre near Eunice, Louisiana, an accordion is a work of art, and it takes 40-50 hours to make just one. \u003cbr/\u003eSavoy started making accordions 42 years ago, betting that the region's unique culture and vibrant music would gain popularity in the years to come. \u003cbr/\u003eHe says that by building accordions, Cajun music will become more and more popular.\u003cbr/\u003eHe was right - he's now a well-known figure in local music, with orders for the shining pieces coming from as far 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