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Examples Of Cultural Differences In The Bayou Country

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Nice to meet you. Years ago, I was stationed as an Army Recruiter way down in Houma - the southern most Army recruiting station in Louisiana. The food was great, but I admit that the heat and humidity reminded me of Florida. One thing I did find interesting was the cultural differences down in the Bayou Country. Cajuns, Creoles and everything in between. I have no doubt a cultural anthropologist could obtain plenty of research material in that area! It rather shocked me that part of my welcome briefing at my recruiting station included information on voodoo and hoodoo. Naturally the Army was not condoning the practices, but trying to instill an understanding among the new recruiters that people within the local population do hold those beliefs.

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