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- Accordion (10069 bytes)
2: ...ion''' is a small portable [[free reed instrument|free-reed wind instrument]] with a [[musical keyboar...
10: ...etal ribbon, a reed, which is held at one end and free at the other, like a ruler on the edge of a tab...
12: Modern free-reed instruments have several aspects in common...
14: *Metal frame and metal tongue
22: ...which is more similar to a clarinet than a modern free-reed instrument. - Louisiana (26375 bytes)
12: ...[English language|English]] and [[French language|French]] de facto |
13: ...glish language|English]] 91.2%, [[French language|French]] 4.8% |
45: ...the main language of everyday life, but traces of French survive in local dialects.
60: ...avelier de La Salle]] in honour of [[Louis XIV of France|Louis XIV]] in [[1682]]. The first permanent...
62: ...nt-day [[Saint Louis, Missouri]]. ''See also:'' [[French colonization of the Americas]] - Oklahoma (32092 bytes)
46: ...lahoma's natural terrain is very diverse, ranging from Oak-Hickory mixed forest in the Eastern well-wa...
48: The state is one of the six states on the [[Frontier Strip]].
56: ...e), Great Plains Country (Southwestern Oklahoma), Frontier Country (Central Oklahoma, including the Ok...
60: From a [[bioregional]] perspective, Oklahoma is reco...
115: ...l swapping going on between [[European]] powers [[France]] and [[Spain]]. - French and Indian War (5652 bytes)
1: ... of the [[Seven Years' War]]. The war resulted in France's loss of all its possessions in North Americ...
5: ...the Conquest), since it is the war in which [[New France]] was conquered by the British and became par...
9: ...rench and Indian Wars]]) between the British, the French, and their Indian allies, following the confl...
13: ...[Louis-Joseph de Montcalm]] and then captured New France's capital.
15: ...in [[Acadia]] to Louisiana – creating the [[Cajun]] population – but this would not be possib... - Jean Lafitte (3700 bytes)
4: ...He engaged in [[smuggling]] and [[privateer]]ing, from his "Kingdom of Barataria" (in what is now [[Lo...
6: ... the 1950's the journal was translated from the [[French language]] and published. The original manusc...
8: ... he is accounted a great [[romantic]] figure in [[Cajun]] Louisiana. His legend was perpetuated in [[Ceci...
17: ...5 battle and the final resting place for soldiers from the [[Civil War]], [[Spanish-American War]], [[...
23: '''Jean Lafitte''' is the name of a [[Cajun]] fishing village and tourist spot on Bayou Barat... - French language (40201 bytes)
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3: ...]], [[Rwanda]], [[Burundi]], [[Togo]], [[Central African Republic]], [[Republic of the Congo]], [[Gabo...
4: |region=[[Africa]], [[Europe]], [[Americas]]
15: ...nbsp; '''French'''<br></td></tr>
16: |nation=[[France]] and 24 other countries - Washboard (2078 bytes)
2: ...musical instrument]]s, the '''Washboard''' and '''Frottoir''' employ the ribbed metal surface of the c...
4: ...ing and is hung around the neck and called the '''Cajun Rub-Board Vest'''.
6: The frottoir or vest frottoir (from Cajun French "vest to be rubbed") is played as a stroked [...
10: ...Tommy (wearing his signature white hat) plays the Cajun Rub-Board Vest at New Orleans' Krazy Korner]]
15: ...e-openers) in each hand. In a 4-beat measure, the Frottoir will be stroked 8 to 16 times. It plays mor... - Celery (5474 bytes)
20: ...s effected by earthing up, and so excluding stems from the influence of light.
30: ...pathic]] extract of the seeds is widely used in [[France]] to relieve retention of urine.
39: ...Louisiana Creole cuisine|Louisiana Creole]] and [[Cajun cuisine]].
45: ...y used as a [[diuretic]], these help clear toxins from the system, so are especially good for [[gout]]...
46: * '''Essential oil''' Distilled from the seeds, the essential oil is more potent the... - Onion (8367 bytes)
17: ...ng a less durable bulb than onions grown directly from seed and thinned.
21: Onions are frequently used in [[school]] [[science]] laboratori...
26: It is thought that bulbs from the onion family have been utilised as a food s...
29: ...e of non-dessert food, including cooked foods and fresh salads, and as a spicy garnish; they are rarel...
32: ...Louisiana Creole cuisine|Louisiana Creole]] and [[Cajun cuisine]]. - Music history of the United States (35788 bytes)
6: ...of [[West Africa]]n [[slavery|slave]]s. These [[African American]]s played a variety of instruments, ...
8: ...], [[music of Russia|Russian]], [[music of France|French]], [[music of Germany|German]], [[music of It...
10: ...innings of [[ragtime]] and [[minstrel]] songs, [[African American music]] has remained at the heart of...
12: ...ck|punk]] and [[funk]]. In the [[1970s]], urban African Americans in [[New York City]] began performi...
19: ... a melting pot of different peoples. Immigration from [[China]] began in large numbers in the 19th ce... - Music of the United States (1940s and 50s) (18910 bytes)
6: ...Europe]] and the rest of the world. This stemmed from a revival of [[hillbilly music]] early in the d...
10: ... and social activism. [[Psychedelic rock]] arose from this subculture, which opposed the [[Vietnam Wa...
18: ...black vocalists like [[Little Richard]] ("[[Tutti Frutti]]"), [[Chuck Berry]] ("[[Johnny B. Goode]]"),...
30: ...ians unable to maintain their hipness, both faded from mass consciousness. The mid-[[1960s]] saw the ...
38: ...'', recorded with the [[Angelic Choir of Nutley]] from [[New Jersey]]. Six years later he founded the...
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