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Sunday, February 03, 2008

Cajuns fete Carnival with pig slaughter (AP)

From The Associated Press through The Boston Globe:

By Stacey Plaisance
Associated Press Writer / February 3, 2008


ST. MARTINVILLE, La.—Far from the Carnival balls, parades and raucous crowds of New Orleans, Cajuns in St. Martinville held their last "bon temps" before Lent in a far different fashion: with a grand boucherie, or slaughtering of a pig.


http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/02/03/cajuns_fete_carnival_with_pig_slaughter/

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