Experience Louisiana Festival

St. Landry Homestead: “I’m glad the Homestead can be a part of this momentous event. Our theme is ‘People First Since 1922.’ This project celebrates the people, culture and traditions of Louisiana, and that is certainly worth supporting.” Kip Bertrand, president and CEO said. From left, Dwight Jodon, Kelly Pitre, Candace Reeves, Pat Dossman and Bertrand. (Submitted Photo)

Experience Louisiana Festival sponsor

St. Landry Homestead: “I’m glad the Homestead can be a part of this momentous event. Our theme is ‘People First Since 1922.’ This project celebrates the people, culture and traditions of Louisiana, and that is certainly worth supporting.” Kip Bertrand, president and CEO said.

Miles Peterson, president of Louisiana Crafts Guild. (Submitted Photo)

Experience Louisiana Festival: More than 25 Louisiana Crafts Guild members to display crafts

More than 25 members of the Louisiana Crafts Guild will display their wares at the Experience Louisiana Festival, and guild president Miles Peterson is organizing the event’s Craft Village.

Dale Pierrottie shows off a chimney constructed by bousillage — the craft of mixing clay and moss. Pierrottie learned the craft from his grandfather Mayeus Darbonne of Basile.(Submitted Photo)

Pierrottie to demonstrate historic craft of bousillage

Only one man can say that he built a bousillage chimney for the movie “Belizaire the Cajun,” and that man is folk demonstrator and artist Dale Pierrottie.

Charlene Quinilty stands next to a loom at the Prairie Acadian Cultural Center. Quinilty has been spinning and weaving cotton for 25 years as well as teaching others the craft. (Photo by Claudette Olivier)

Weaver, spinner Charlene Quinilty to show her craft

When the first Acadians arrived in Louisiana, they quickly changed from spinning and weaving wool to spinning and weaving cotton.

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