United States | The fais do do
Louisiana Creole is enjoying a modest revival
Youngsters are trying to resurrect a culture beaten out of their grandparents
|Lafayette
Jourdan Thibodeaux has had a job every day since his tenth birthday. These days the dreadlocked millennial flips houses, manufactures pork sausages and raises two little girls. But the project of his lifetime is resuscitating his family’s heritage with his voice and his fiddle.
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