Senator BREAUX. originates from the southwestern corner of the State of Louisiana and can surely attest to the importance of the Cajun culture in Louisianas history. Mr. President. music is an integral part of the Cajun way of life. These Frenchspeaking farmers who left Acadia in 1755 settled on land west of the Mississippi River along with other immigrants of Spanish and German heritage. This dynamic mixture of cultures. including that of the already present Indian and black Creole. gave birth to Cajun music. Cajun music evolved as a French folk music. bearing signs of strong black influence and making use of the newly borrowed German accordion in addition to the familiar fiddle.
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