Cajun

The Cajuns (; French: les Cadjins or les Cadiens ; ), also known as Louisiana Acadians (French: les Acadiens), are an American ethnic group mainly found in the US state of Louisiana and the surrounding Gulf Coast states.

thumb|right|Traditional fishing pirogue (a lakana (boat)|lakana [[outrigger canoe) with sail from Madagascar]] thumb|right|Group of pirogues at sunset on the river bank of Don Tati, Si Phan Don, Laos thumb|right|Pirogues of Madagascar thumb |Pirogues, Niger thumb|right|A pirogue on the Niger River in [[Mali]] thumb| Statuette Karajà - Brazil - MHNT A pirogue ( or ), also called a piragua or piraga, is any of various small boats, particularly dugouts and canoes. The word is French and is derived from the Spanish piragua , which comes from the Carib ''''.

historical region of the United States