#Creole Heritage Month

[tani-b-art]

October is Creole Heritage Month in Louisiana!

‘Eve’s Bayou’ — I missed so many other scenes with Kouri-Vini dialogue first time around, here’s an updated version. The last clip is from this video.

[preethecaribbean]

To kick things off for Caribbean Folklore Month and Creole Heritage Month, the spotlight is on a spooky character in Kwéyòl folklore!

La Diablesse is a seductive female demon who uses her beauty and charm to lure men to their death. This creature, who normally appears at night, is said to wander along lonely roads or in the forest, waiting for her next victim. The folklore of La Diablesse is influenced by French Creole and West African cultures.

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[petewentzisblack1312]

on the topic of paime actually happy creole heritage month and belated jounen kwéyòl here is a good recipe for paime. you can use vegan margarine instead of butter (there is a good chance when she says butter she is talking about margarine anyway), you can use grated pumpkin instead of coconut and you can use pretty much any milk instead of coconut milk. the banana leaves are non negotiable though*

*kidding. you can replace those with foil.

[havatabanca]

[caribbeanart]

If you cannot get rid of Dutch, then you are obliged to feel at home in it as much as possible. You must know the language so well that you can be an Antillean in it. While Dutch in the Antilles is constantly influencing Papiamentu, I turn this one-way traffic around in my work. I Antilleanize Dutch.

More Read Caribbean recommendations here by Amara Amaryah. Especially enjoyed learning about the role of creole languages in Caribbean literature like Belizean kreyol and Papiamentu in Curaçao. This quote by Martinus Arion especially really spoke to me.

[curryvillain]

OLDIES SUNDAY: @MistyJeanMusic - Kijan Lari A Ye (2008)

The month of May is recognized as “Haitian Heritage Month“, and we’re sending love to Haiti, and those of Haitian descent on “Oldies Sunday“. Today, we go back in time a lil to check out Recording Artist Misty Jean’s “Kijan Lari A Ye“. Produced by Jeff Wainwright and released through Melodie Makers, Inc. in 2008, “Kijan Lari A Ye” is a Compas single by Misty Jean that started a party in the…

[bearieio]

ellie & abby w/ a latina partner

warnings:  fluff! , fem!reader + r is latina ;)

a/n:  in honor of hispanic heritage month!!!! we blowin’ this bitch up. with my headcanons, that is. mostly mexican headcanons (for the reader), because that’s really the only dialect/tradition & cultural that i know ┐( ˘ ､ ˘ )┌

also, SUPPORT HISPANIC/LATINO WRITERS, ARTISTS, AND BUSINESSES!!!! or else... >:(

abby WOULD DEFINITELY try learning spanish. she’d pick it up here and there because of manny, but the farther you guys develop into the relationship, the more she wants to immerse herself within your culture and your language.

and dare i say it, but she’s pretty darn good at speaking spanish.

the first time she speaks spanish to you, it catches you off guard.

you’d come home from your day out with your friends and she’d just peek out from around the corner like, “mi amor, que pasa?”

“Q-QUE?! WHAT?”

“WHAT?! did i say something wrong, babe?” she asks, a frown forming on her face.

“oh no, mi corazon, you just caught me off guard!” you smile, reaching up to caress her rosy cheeks, “have you finally been pickin’ up what i’ve been puttin’ down, abs?” 

she scoffs playfully, “supongo, reinita.”

"okay white girlllll~"

abby would love helping you in the kitchen, cooking up your favorite traditional meals.

but sometimes she’d make a mistake, putting the wrong seasoning in the rice, overcooking the beans, or burning the tortillas. (😭) and you’d temporarily ban her form the kitchen, meaning she’d only be able to watch you.

but every once in a while, she’d remind you about the mole or the broth for the caldo de res. 

you’re grateful she reminds you and she’s just happy to be of service.

if you’re not mexican specifically, she’d most likely start arguments between you and manny about the differences in the dialects and slang since she’s not too familiar with the other latin slang out there. but she does her best

if you happen to be brazilian, she’ll do her best to research and become more familiar with the portuguese language and the brazilian culture.

if you’re haitian, she’ll love learning creole and/or french for you since she’s more familiar with french. (i have a feeling she’s had french lessons in the past/someone she knew was french so she learned it from them!)

ellie BUTCHERS the FUCK outta some words in spanish. like she genuinely CANNOT pronounce “cuatro.” like…

but it’s okay because you know what she’s trying to say…. most of the time.

“quieres comer, mamashita?" with heavy pronunciation on the “shi” sound.

you stare at her for a moment, trying to figure out if she’s be funny or not. “what?”

“what?” she replies

“baby thats not-“

ellie is banned from the kitchen. permanently. she is not allowed anywhere NEAR that bigass pot on the stove. 

when you find her sneaking into the kitchen when she’s trying to steal a tamale, you can’t help but giggle as you try and drag her away from the stove.

“ellie i already told you twice!- you can't be in here!!” 

“YOU CANT MAKE ME!” 

*insert that meme of the kid running away w/ the knife*

ellie LOVES dancing with you. whether its cumbia, salsa, bachata, or samba, ellie is IN IT! 

i think cumbias her fave (bc it’s my fav). and she’s the best at it.

whenever she’s invited to the carne asada, she’s the only one that all your cousins, your tias, and your abuela want to dance with. 

by the 9th-10th song, she’s already complaining about how she’s ready to go to sleep (and she does in your old room at your family’s house) and how she underestimated your grandma’s stamina.

mi amor, que pasa? = my love, what’s going on/how are you? 

mi corazon = my heart

supongo, mi reinita = i guess, my little queen

quieres comer? = do you want to eat?

constructive criticism is appreciated !!!

[dilsdragons]

bon jounen kwéyòl èk riot of rot. here is the plaguebringer en kwéyòl.

october is creole heritage month and here in st lucia the last sunday of the month is creole day (joune kwéyòl) so these two things often overlap. so.

[preethecaribbean]

Jounen Kwéyòl (Creole Day) is celebrated annually in Dominica on the last Friday of October and in Saint Lucia on the Sunday nearest to the observance of International Creole Day, October 28.

Learn about Dominica’s national wear and Saint Lucia’s traditional wear.

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[havatabanca]

[petewentzisblack1312]

on the topic of creole heritage month i need to ask my mom if shes planning on getting any smoked herring bc i canNOT end this month without any.

[pumpkinsy0]

its haitian heritage month so now i HAVE to drop haitian shepard hcs every day especially the first day so bere we go🙄🙄

•ok so tanbou is the national instrument for haiti and i wholeheartedly feel like the shepards just,,,have one,,,chillin in their living room

•sometimes they fuck around w it, and by they i mean curly, just to fuck around w it he likes banging on things

•they absolutely love chiritos like omg they just have a big bin of them

•angela typically wears her headwrap at home, she wants her hair to breath but she also doesnt want it in the way, its something that followed her from her move from haiti🙏🏽🙏🏽

•literally the ONLY thing curly is ever allowed to touch while someone is cooking is the pilon (this thing used to crush up spices)

•angela gets too tired too fast trying to use it and tim is always busy trynna do somethin else, curly got that strength and rage to keep crushin those spices✊🏽✊🏽

•they literally love diri ak kalalou, mostly for the rice and sauce bc they arent PUSSIES who only eat the MEAT

•actually maybe they r pussies, angela and curly hate beans and so many haitian foods have beans in them so they take like 5 mins picking the beans out

•theyre all rum and raisin ice cream luvrs i wont apologize for this its so good man

•if there’s one thing spoiled haitian girls are always gonna be called, it’s fonfon, angela’s nickname right behind angel is fonfon (u pronouns it fah-fon, the on is said like the word on)

•keeping up this ‘them living in haiti’ hcs but listen to me,,,they’d live in one of those creole style houses in cap-haïtien or at least generally in one of those old houses in cap-haïtien bc those houses have my heart actually

•theres this thing called peinture à l’eau (in french) or peinti kò/peinti in kreyòl and its basically where u paint ur body for kanaval or rlly any celebriation, and thats what its always used for BUT sometimes ppl use it as just casual self expression and i think angela would do that and just, force curly and tim to do the same

•when sylvia comes over they just paint each other and dally comes up cause its time to go hes just like “what???happened here???” and sylvias like “dw bout it”

•sylvia loves cola lacaye and pat n to ice cream, the shepards have a few tubs of it and she just steals it like they wont fucking notice🤨🤨

•dally loves it too so he just lets her lol

•theres this game in haiti where everyone is in a circle with someone in the middle and theres this song playing, and the person in the middle has to look around for someone to dance w (presumably their crush) and sance gouyad (this dance) with them, so just hear me out,,, purly playing the game, WOAH

•angela and sylvia playing childhood haitian games>>>>

•like they WERE gossiping but holy fuck SOMETIMES they just wanna jump around and play and giggle and who r we to hate on em

[missjudijaikrazi]

Happy Creole Heritage Month to us! 🌱⚜️