La Chason de Mardi Gras, Women’s Tee-Mamou Courir de Mardi Gras 2019. Iota, LA #teemamou #courirdemardigras #chickenrun #iotalouisiana Tee-Mamou Iota Mardi Gras Folklife Festival | Craig Crawford

The Courir de Mardi Gras, which is Cajun French for “Mardi Gras Run,” originated in 15th-century France. Along with mad accordion skills and a few good jambalaya recipes, the Courir is just one of many things that the Cajuns’ French ancestors brought with them from the Old World. It all began in the 1400s and 1500s in France, which was under a feudal system at the time. The rich French nobles used to tax the heck out of the poor peasants who worked the land just to survive. One day a year, on Ma