Grand Coteau celebrates Creole culture from dawn to dusk

Grand Coteau celebrates Creole culture from dawn to dusk

“Who are your people?,” here in South Louisiana, is a question at least as relevant as  your job title. Who your grandparents are, what parish you’re from and who you are related to matters.  But as elders pass on and traditions change, it is becoming more challenging to preserve the history of local family lineages and the places they’ve called home, especially in cultures that relied on oral histories and minimal documentation, like Louisiana …