I wanted to post this link when Kevin uploaded the Hank Williams song Jambalaya. It's a little video of how a pirogue is made. You know . . . . "Me gotta go, pole the pirogue down the bayou".
How to make a pirogue
If you don't have the 15 minutes to spare to watch this, there is a much shorter version on YouTube , but it loses all the charm.
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I'm sure that a bit of this movie short is staged, but it's probably very close to authentic. If you have some time to spare, there are a lot of interesting videos tied to music and other aspects of everyday life at the folkstreams.net site.
Hydroman52
Hank Williams and a pirogue
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Very interesting.
Thanks for posting!
Bart
Thanks for posting!
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So now I know what a Pirogue is.... been singing the song long enough! Thanks.