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路易斯安那州的法式音樂：阿卡迪亞人的心靈音樂
地方性遺產
路易斯安那州的法式音樂融合了許多影響。法國天主教徒的後裔是卡津人(Cajuns)，1600年代時，他們定居在加拿大現在的新斯科細亞省(Nova
Scotia：當時，新斯科細亞省名叫阿卡迪亞Acadia)。這些阿卡迪亞人帶著他們的法式民族音樂與他們同行，大部分的音樂都是民謠及他們熱愛的器樂舞曲。他們最愛的樂器是小提琴，因為它的樂音響亮，能夠蓋過舞者的曳步腳步聲。
1750年代時，英國接管了阿卡迪亞，而阿卡迪亞人則被迫離家。許多人逃到路易斯安那州，當時的路易斯安那州已經住有許多講法語的人。這些自加拿大的人又名卡津人(假如您將阿字去掉並快唸卡迪亞，則它聽起來就像卡津)。他們以農業、誘捕野獸及捕魚維生，且常常住在孤立的沼澤區。而他們的音樂則受到新鄰居的影響，如：西班牙人、德國人、非洲人、凱爾特人、美國原住民及加勒比人，這些人也將的路易斯安那州當作他們的家。到了1920年代，手風琴廣為流傳，而卡津及克裡奧爾(Creole)音樂也常使用這個樂器來演奏，因為它的聲音響亮、容易聽到。
時至今日，卡津音樂不只深受路易斯安那州的居民喜愛，也受到全國民眾的喜愛
。卡津音樂是美國人的特有音樂，因為美國是世上少數擁有多種民族的國家之一。由於融合了不同的民族，致使我們的國家文化會如此生動有趣。
Louisiana French music is a blend of many influences. Cajuns are descendants of French Catholics who settled in what is now Nova Scotia, Canada, in the 1600s (during this time, Nova Scotia was called Acadia). These Acadians brought their French folk music with them, mostly ballads and instrumental music for dancing, which they loved to do. Their favorite instrument was the fiddle because it was loud enough to be heard over dancers' shuffling feet.
In the 1750s, the British took over Acadia, and the Acadians were forced to leave. Many escaped to Louisiana, where other French-speaking people already lived. The people from Canada were known as "Cajuns" (if you leave off the "A" in Acadian, and say "Cadian" rapidly, it sounds like "Cajun"). The Cajuns took up farming, trapping, and fishing, often living in isolated swamp areas. Their music was influenced by their new Spanish, German, African, Celtic, Native American, and Caribbean neighbors, who also made Louisiana their home. By the 1920s, accordions became popular, and they were also used in Cajun and Creole music because they were loud and could be easily heard.
Today, Cajun music is popular not only in Louisiana but also nationwide. Cajun music is distinctively American because America is one of the few places in the world where so many people of different heritages settled. This mix of people is what makes our nation's culture so interesting.
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