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La Veillée

A unique news magazine produced in partnership between LPB and Télé-Louisiane.

Faquetaïque: A Mardi Gras Courir for the People

In the spring premiere of season 2, the team takes viewers to the prairies of St. Landry and Evangeline to experience a different kind of Mardi Gras: the Courir. At a unique Mardi Gras in Faquetaïque Praire founded in 2006 by young Cajun leaders to practice old traditions in a modern and inclusive way, we speak with Courir participants about what the event entails and with a co-founder of the Courir about the event’s cultural significance for his community and Louisiana as a whole.