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7.5I Went to the Dance(en)
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0.0The Acadian Connection(fr)
National Film Board of Canada documentary of stories of Acadians (French Canadians from the eastern Maritime provinces). Hundreds of thousands of Acadians emigrated to Louisiana following deportation by the British during the Acadian Expulsion of the mid-18th century, hence the term 'Cajun.'
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0.0Louisiana Blues(en)
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4.0Big Blue Goose(en)
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6.6Spend It All(en)
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King Crawfish(en)
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5.5Acadiana(en)
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0.0Zydeco(en)
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5.61 Buck(en)
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