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We are here to tell you a little bit about what a Cajun is. A Cajun is a person who his homeland was France. Went into Nova Scotia, at the time Acadia, and settled there and was there for about a hundred years, and afterwards the
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312:quadrilles
306:Repertoire
302:of Texas.
246:, such as
244:mass media
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1239:Bluegrass
1165:Bluegrass
1153:Americana
1099:Dixieland
1038:Swamp pop
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885:Cajun Jig
453:L'Angélus
388:Al Berard
355:Jambalaya
332:two-steps
328:one-steps
320:hornpipes
288:Mandolins
258:bluegrass
158:Louisiana
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114:Subgenres
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57:Louisiana
1527:Nigerian
1483:Canadian
1461:Atlantan
1428:Red dirt
1061:Red dirt
1026:Old-time
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103:mandolin
87:triangle
38:Acadians
1548:Related
1378:Norteño
1310:Cowpunk
1123:Ragtime
1071:Western
348:waltzes
264:History
200:ballads
174:chanson
34:Ballads
1433:Tejano
1232:Genres
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1106:Creole
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166:Quebec
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75:fiddle
53:Cajuns
42:Canada
1089:Blues
1033:Cajun
604:(PDF)
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162:Texas
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18:Cajun
1094:Jazz
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608:OCLC
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