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Acadian Culture Day Celebration at Vermilionville

You’re Invited to celebrate Acadian Culture with us…

LAFAYETTE, LA – Annually, Vermilionville hosts three culture day celebrations – Creole,

Acadian and Native American. It is time to recognize and honor Acadian heritage during

Acadian Culture Day set for Sunday, August 11 from 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. This year’s

theme is Les Femmes du Folklore, exploring and celebrating women found in Acadian

culture, historically and contemporarily, along with live music, great food and a plethora of

cultural exchange throughout the village, throughout the day. The event is a family-oriented,

FREE event for all ages.


Acadian Culture Day Highlights

Throughout the Village

• Film Showings: Grand-Pré, Coton Jaune & Richard Guidry Foundation (Conference

Room)

• Painting & Visual Arts: Cynthia Alleman (Cultures)

• Painting & Visual Arts: Cayla Zeek (Boucvalt)

• Sharing Our Stories: Sarah Mikayla Brown (Mouton)

• Cotton Spinning: Madison Lewing (Beau Bassin)

• French Table & Lessons by CODOFIL (Beau Bassin)

• Cajun Dancing & Lessons (Schoolhouse)

• Traiteur Traditions with Becca Begnaud (Buller)

• Broussard Home Tours (Broussard House)

• Open Hearth Cooking by Em Lemieux (Broussard Kitchen)

Timeline of Events

10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. View Inside Map for All-Day Cultural Exchange

10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m.: $5 (30) minute Boat Tours (Main

Boat Dock; purchase tickets in Gift Shop)

10:30 a.m.: Reading from B pour bayou: Un abecedaire cadien (Performance Center)

11:00 a.m.: Reading from Rethinking New Acadia (Performance Center)

11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.: Kids’ Arts/Crafts (Chapel)

11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.: Canoeing (Petit Bayou)

11:30 a.m.: Tintamarre Parade by the Jumlage du Scott (Begins at the Performance Center)

12:00 p.m.: – 2:00 p.m.: Jane Vidrine, Lisa Trahan, Friends & Family (Performance Center)

1:00 p.m.: Cooking Demo: Ramsey Morein (Cooking School)

1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.: Cajun Jam Session (Forge)

2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.: Acadian Culture Preservation Award to Sheryl Cormier

2:30 p.m.: Cooking Demo: Jolie Meaux of Porch, Wine and Gravy (Cooking School)

2:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.: Richard Guidry Foundation (Performance Center)

3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.: Sheryl Cormier and the Cajunettes (Performance Center)

If you would like to volunteer for this event, please contact our Volunteer Coordinator at

337.233.4077 x.207. Acadian Culture Day is supported by Lafayette Consolidated

Government, Acadiana Center for the Arts, The Vermilionville Living History Museum

Foundation and LA Endowment for the Humanities. For additional information, please

contact our Director of Museum Operations, Brady McKellar, at

Vville@BayouVermilionDistrict.org or call 337.233.4077 x. 211.

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ABOUT BAYOU VERMILION DISTRICT

Since 1984, Bayou Vermilion District has worked to beautify, conserve and manage sites

along the Vermilion, ensuring the preservation and enhancement of the natural, cultural

resources for its citizens. The Bayou Vermilion District’s mission focuses on the environment

and the unique culture of Lafayette. On the cultural side of our mission, the Bayou Vermilion

District opened the Vermilionville Living History Museum and Folklife Park as a way to

increase appreciation for the history, culture, and natural resources of the Native Americans,

Acadians, Creoles, and peoples of African descent in the Attakapas region through the end

of the 1800s. Through historic interpretation and conservation along the Bayou Vermilion, we

strive to educate guests on the interactions of these groups and the connections between past

and contemporary folklife, thus empowering guests to apply these lessons from our shared

histories. For more information, please visit www.bayouvermiliondistrict.org or

Vermilionville.org.

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