Louisiana Culture Vocabulary

The way a group of people lives, including language, music, religion, food, clothing, and holidays.

• festival

• culture

• immigrant

• creole

A special way that a cultural group does something, including cooking, dressing, and celebrating.

• culture

• colony

• custom

• tradition

A person who moves to a country from another country.

• immigrant

• colony

• settlement

• unique

When someone travels to another place to enjoy what that place has to offer.

• zydeco

• settlement

• traditions

• tourism

A place that is rules by another country.

• settlement

• creole

• colony

• cultural diversity

What makes something special or “one of a kind.”

• jambalaya

• file'

• cultural diversity

• unique

A time before Lent that is celebrated with parades, costumes, and music. This has been a tradition in Louisiana since the 1700s.

• king cake

• jazz

• Islenos

• Mardi Gras

A trumpet player who helped make jazz popular.

• Louis Armstrong

• Islenos

• Creoles

• Cajuns

A custom or belief that is handed down over the years.

• file'

• traditions

• festival

• gumbo

Often used to describe Louisiana because there are so many people with many different backgrounds living here.

• custom

• immigrant

• colony

• cultural diversity