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Louisiana’s diverse landscape makes for excellent biking trails. Every level of cyclist can find a mountain bike trail in Louisiana, since the state’s terrain is varied. Louisiana’s rural trails and urban loops offer road cyclists and mountain…
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Louisiana’s largest state park is home to trails, water playgrounds and the Louisiana State Arboretum. Chicot State Park is situated in Ville Platte between the Atchafalaya Basin swamps and the hills of central Louisiana, offering a geographical…
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Walk among the ruins of an old sugar plantation on the shores of Lake Pontchartrain. Just three miles from the quaint Northshore town of Mandeville is Fontainebleau State Park, a convenient and scenic getaway with some truly spectacular kayaking.…
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Take a dip in the cool waters of this remote north Louisiana getaway. Named after one of Louisiana’s governors and most famous country-western singers (he penned “You Are My Sunshine”), Jimmie Davis State Park is a charming waterfront refuge on…
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Louisiana Country Music Country music developed across the South, and Louisiana has produced some of its best-known artists. Songs of love and loss, southern traditions and the everyday lives of the rural working class come alive in country music…
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Louisiana Blues Music The Mississippi River rolls through Louisiana, and this being the deep South, you know there’s some great blues music to be discovered. This is the down-home music introduced to the world by African-American laborers, and you…
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Jazz Music in Louisiana Jazz was born in New Orleans — Congo Square, to be precise. This public square was one of the only places in America where formerly enslaved people were allowed to gather and play drums. They did so on "free Sundays," where…
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Zydeco Music in Louisiana Early zydeco was a blend of Louisiana French accordion music and Afro-Caribbean beats. It sat at the crossroads of Creole, Cajun, gospel and the blues, yet has since evolved to include influences from several other genres…
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Next to jazz, perhaps no musical tradition is more associated with Louisiana than Cajun. The Acadians, or Cajuns, found refuge in Louisiana after being exiled from Nova Scotia in 1755 and made a new life in the harsh environment. Instead of giving…
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Take the kids on a two-wheeled adventure and make time to see the sights along the way. Cyclists of all ages can zip through Louisiana’s rural trails and urban loops. Coast through cypress-tupelo forests through the bayou, along glittering…