Cajun-French Interview: Persecutions, Ashamed Generation, Memories with Grandpas, Hopeful Youth

On our way to Pierre Part on November 6th, we stopped at Vermilionville Historic Village in Lafayette to spend some time with Kevin Rees, who kindly agreed to sit down for an interview. Thank you, Kevin! 🤗 ∙The interview playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJBbeGQgghdgPHgJk8s81eWoJBywfAzgP ∙Louisiana Trip series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJBbeGQgghdhR9JgN2fiziQNzm4fMeCtz Subscribe to follow the adventure ✦TURN ON BELL NOTIFICATIONS TO SEE NEW VIDEOS ASAP 🔔 Support the channel ❤️ → Buy me a Baguette! https://buymeacoffee.com/frenchtastic → Become a Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/frenchtastic → Donate to the channel: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=L5WMAE6FFYLPQ 💌 Join my FB page! 😊 facebook.com/profile.php?id=61552753760751 🍿 Tennessee series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJBbeGQgghdg-Xck--yQ2x3m4TNZBw6Mi 🍿 NH/BOSTON/MO trip: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJBbeGQgghdg26Rpr8cxqzv8vH2Hrp2-K 🍿 Marie in Canada: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJBbeGQgghdh7Dq8K7exVhbpmScCOddvC 🍿 Cali Trip: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJBbeGQgghdjAuxuYXxiAnHY5Gqd_kh3R 🍿 AZ Trip: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJBbeGQgghdjbvlPxivYrFIhSqqUeKj8n 🍿 First USA Trip: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJBbeGQgghdjHgIQpKElgeA6tg7DgcxLF 📌 Useful Links: Vermilionville: https://www.lostintheusa.fr/planifier/poi/83390/vermilionville-village-acadien-vivant-attetention-guillemets-lafayette-louisiane/ https://bayouvermiliondistrict.org/vermilionville/ 🚀 Chapters: 0:00 🙏 0:08 Preview of the video 0:33 FTE Louisiana intro 0:40 Vermilionville Historic Village 1:14 "I will not speak French" 1:33 The interview begins 2:22 The French language when you grew up 3:19 Why did you learn French? 4:54 Memories with the old family 5:45 French Cowboys in Louisiana 6:26 Preservation of the language 6:56 The importance of music in traditions 7:33 French language today? Is it coming back? 9:09 Creole is part of Cajun 9:38 French people in Louisiana 10:27 Persecutions 11:40 Translators in the army 18:16 A couple of books to check out 21:40 My ancestors 22:36 Teach me a couple of Cajun words 23:31 Working on preserving the language 24:27 Indian words in Cajun French 24:57 A rich culture 25:03 People don't speak it anymore 25:23 When you lose the language you lose the culture 29:34 American or Cajun French? 29:46 Before WW2 30:19 Kevin plays the accordion for us 31:51 THANK YOU SO MUCH KEVIN!! 32:06 Check out the other interviews 🛠 My tools: → My main camera ☞ Canon EOS M50 → My vlog camera ☞ Canon G7x Mark ii → Other ☞ Go Pro Hero 9 → Software ☞ FCP X 🎶 Music: Epidemic Sound ✨Animation Work: Fantastic Keith M (and a paw of Harper ❤️) ❊ Thank you for supporting FrenchTastic Explorations! See you in my next one ❊ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Contact: [email protected] (business only) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ #frenchtastic #exploration Copyright © 2021-2025 FrenchTastic Explorations, All Rights Reserved. Copyright © FrenchTastic Explorations, All Rights Reserved.