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get1later Designed by Pete Bergeron in 1987 & adopted by C.R.E.O.L.E., Inc. (Lafayette based African-American heritage preservation group) the Flag of Louisiana Creoles represents the cultural melting pot of Louisiana Creoles. First flag was hand stitched by Bergeron's sister, Delores Kay Conque." #Louisiana #CreoleHistory #CreoleHeritage #NAWLINSBRED

Girls dressed in traditional "wob dwiyet"

The women in artist Chesley Antoinette’s photographs are gowned the way Creole women from the Deep South would have been 250 years ago: in fine silk

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Come on in and learn something new, Read about the forgotten Creole culture of America. Home brewed mixture of African, French, Spanish, and Native American.

Krio, Sierra Leone’s English creole. The Gullahs’ English-based creole language is strikingly similar to Sierra Leone Krio and contains identical expressions as bigyai (greedy), pantap (on top of), ohltu (both), tif (steal), yeys (ear), and swit (delicious). The Gullah creole also contains several thousand words and personal names derived from African languages—and a large proportion of these (about 25%) are from languages spoken in Sierra Leone.

This is an unknown artist’s interpretation of Erzulie Dantor or Ezilí Dantó. The work is called Femme Creole Erzulie in London. A Haitian Loa, Ezilí loosely corresponds to the Yoruba, Oshun. She is the personification of love and the erotic, so she is seductive, flirtatious, loves jewelry, mirrors, sweets and wants to see people happy. She is a Creole woman wearing her little Creole hoop earrings. In New Orleans, there is a very intertwined history and relationship with Haiti. Creole culture…

Come on in and learn something new, Read about the forgotten Creole culture of America. Home brewed mixture of African, French, Spanish, and Native American.