• Creolization is the mingling of cultures in Louisiana, which blended French or Spanish people into Southern life.
• There is a strong association with the term ‘creole’ and European culture.
• New Orleans had the biggest creolization of culture and there was a lot of African European contact.
• Creoles were predominately Catholic people; which came from the European lifestyle.
• They were strongly connected to French colonial culture and many spoke French, but some spoke Spanish.
• For food, they ate many dishes such as jambalaya and meat or seafood in top of rice.
• There was a large fiddling tradition in Creole Culture, and many Creoles of color produced different types of music.
• Zydeco music was popular for French Creoles to sing
• There is a strong association with the term ‘creole’ and European culture.
• New Orleans had the biggest creolization of culture and there was a lot of African European contact.
• Creoles were predominately Catholic people; which came from the European lifestyle.
• They were strongly connected to French colonial culture and many spoke French, but some spoke Spanish.
• For food, they ate many dishes such as jambalaya and meat or seafood in top of rice.
• There was a large fiddling tradition in Creole Culture, and many Creoles of color produced different types of music.
• Zydeco music was popular for French Creoles to sing