Signs for a fais do-do (a Cajun dance party) are posted everywhere ... around Lafayette like Johnson's Boucanière (or smoke house) for this regional specialty. At its most basic, boudin is ...

Cajun Country, or Acadiana ... and go from wealthy house to house. At the houses, commoners would sing and dance for food, asking for "la charité" by extending a cupped hand and pointing to ...

parading around from house to house. As they make their journey, called the Courir de Mardi Gras (French for Fat Tuesday run), they'll dance and sing for homeowners, collect vegetables from ...