Louisiana Swampfest

Louisiana Swampfest
New Orleans, LA

The Louisiana Swamp Exhibit is where is all started. It was the inspiration for the Louisiana Swamp Fest and central point for meeting Swamp Creatures - two and four legged kinds. Audubon Zoo's Louisiana Swamp Exhibit is the most authentic swamp exhibit in Louisiana.

NEED TO KNOW:
What:
Louisiana Swampfest
When:
November 3 - 4, 2012
Where:
Audubon Zoo
Fest-goers can experience traditional Cajun music, learn how to create generation-old wood carvings, or hear about the origins of Cajun culture. Feedings throughout the Louisiana Swamp Exhibit include alligators, nutria, water snakes, possums, coons or just about any other Swamp inhabitant there is!

The Cajun Heritage Demonstrations is a special attraction of the Louisiana Swamp Festival.

This attraction gives visitors the opportunity to learn about the preservation of a culture-the Cajun culture of Louisiana. Visitors participate in daily presentations encompassing storytelling, boat making, wood carving, castnet knitting, weaving, doll making and more. Local and regional Louisiana natives demonstrate their generations-old lifestyle elements. Basket weavers weave functional and beautiful creations. Wood carvers make decoys as well as instruct.


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