Cajun Family Chapter's First Annual Courir de Mardi Gras

Cajun Family Chapter President Aaron Istre speaks to participants of the first annual Courir de Mardi Gras children’s chicken run about the history and tradition of the event. He said people would go door-to-door, dressed in disguise, singing old Cajun French songs and beg for ingredients to make a gumbo. Istre also taught the kids to say “cinq-sous” to beg for nickels in French. The children were…