Regions Powerpoint

Louisiana’s Regions

Louisiana’s Five Regions

• Louisiana is divided into five regions based upon the cultural characteristics of each

region.

• These regions are divided by the Louisiana Office of Tourism.

•The five regions are –

•Sportsman’s Paradise

•Crossroads

•Cajun Country

•Plantation Country

•Greater New Orleans

Sportsman’s Paradise

•Located in north Louisiana

• First inhabitants were English speaking Brits and African Americans

•Named for the rolling wooded hills, plentiful lakes, rivers, and bayous

What can you do up north?

•Known for fishing holes and large freshwater lakes (I.e. Black Bayou)

•Fishing, skiing, sand beaches, hiking trails

•Hunting (deer, duck, turkey)

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What can you eat up north?

•Food in this region is not seasoned as heavily as in the south LA

•A few examples are barbecue, biscuits and gravy, cornbread and grits

What form of music will you hear?

• Gospel music

• Old-Time Country and Bluegrass

•African Americans made their mark with delta blues and rhythm and blues in North LA.

CROSSROADS

•Located in central Louisiana•Home to oldest city in Louisiana -

Natchitoches

•What can you eat?• Cajun gumbos, boudin, catfish,

etouffee, pecan pie

•What might you see?•Armadillos, raccoons, bald cypresses

along bayous

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Where can you go?

•To Kisatchie National Forest and Toledo Bend

CAJUN COUNTRY

•Reflects Louisiana’s French Acadian culture

•Home to Cajuns, Acadians, and Creoles

What can you eat here?

•Boudin, etouffee, crawfish, roux, jambalaya

What might you hear?

•French language (I.e. laissez les bons temps rouler – in English it means “Let the

Good Times Roll”)

•Music – Zydeco – combination of Cajun music with blues and rock

•Instruments: Fiddle (similar to violin), washboard (for percussion) in Zydeco bands, accordion

Cajun Country continued…

PLANTATION COUNTRY•Located in south central Louisiana

•Plantations galore – built to grow agricultural products such as tobacco, cotton, sugar, and indigo and worked by slaves brought from Africa – picked cotton – the most valuable crop

What might you hear on a plantation back in the 1800s?

•The Blues – originated from slaves’ harsh life, heartache and strength.

•Capitol of Louisiana – Baton Rouge is located in this region

•Home to many different cultures including African Americans, Italians, Cajuns, Asians, Lebanese, and more.

•Only Creole plantation – Laura plantation

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GREATER NEW ORLEANS

•Located in the southeastern tip of Louisiana

•Home to largest city in Louisiana – New Orleans

•French Quarter is the oldest section in New Orleans

•What can you eat?

•Creole foods such as gumbo, etouffee, and boudin

•Other foods and desserts are red beans and rice, po’boys, bread pudding, pralines

and beignets

•What can you hear?

•Jazz – New Orleans is the birthplace for Jazz

•Zydeco

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Things to do and places to see:

•Festivals

•Parades

•Zoo

•Museums

•Aquarium

GREATER NEW ORLEANS CONTINUED…