New Brunswick Canada’s Acadia Festival

New Brunswick is Canada’s only bi-lingual province and the peaceful co-existence between the French Acadian culture and the English Loyalist culture gives visitors two experiences for the price of one. Yet all the world’s French in August during the Caraquet Acadian Festival –– a two-week cultural celebration that culminates in a mardi-gras style street party. Joseph heads to the Acadian Peninsula to trace its Acadian heritage, meet modern day Acadians and, during their national day of celebration, join in their festival and Laissez les bon temps roulez –– Let the good times roll!  During his journey he also partakes of New Brunswick’s natural beauty and the world of adventure that awaits every visitor to this Canadian province year round.

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Festival Acadien de Caraquet Celebrating Acadian culture August 1st to 15th, 2009
Every year, thousands of Acadians travel to Caraquet in order to celebrate their historical heritage and the vitality of their culture. The Festival Acadien is the largest cultural event in Acadie, and has appeared many times on the American Bus Association’s top 100 events in North America list.  Its mission is to promote Acadian culture in all of its forms and in various ways. Hundreds of musicians and bands featured at the Festival acadien, and many exciting activities help make Caraquet a feast for the eyes, ears and palate. (click here for more information)

 

The Tintamarre
An ancient Acadian tradition!  Literally translated, “tintamarre” means “loud racket.”  Every year, on the 15th of August (the Acadian national holiday) at 6:00 pm, some 25,000 people march down a closed-off segment of Saint-Pierre Boulevard in Caraquet, making as much noise as possible with anything they can get their hands on: pots, pans, shakers, drums, tin cans, whistles, etc. The sheer spirit, the raw energy and the wild enthusiasm of this sea of people adorned in Acadian colours and waving Acadian flags is simply impossible to top.

 

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