The Grand Marais Mardi Gras Association puts on a uniquely Cajun courir on Mardi Gras day. Fishing is an all year event, as well as a linguistic extravaganza. We catch speckled trout, bass, catfish, sac a lait, gaspergoo and choupic. Come learn how to toss a cast net for shrimp, catch a crab on a turkey neck, rake up oysters on the reefs and seine up crawfish in the basin. Or spend a quiet afternoon watching the white pelicans on the lake a Fausse Pointe in winter and the flurry of migratory warblers as they stop to feed at Spanish Lake before heading north in the spring.
Civic clubs provide a forum for community projects.
From parks and playgrounds to housing rehabs for the elderly and video taping of local governmental meetings, our civic clubs are actively involved in local issues. Our churches form another broad basis for spiritual life and community service in New Iberia. We live here in the sweetest, saltiest, spiciest place on the planet. There is nothing cooler than the deep shade of our 100 year old live oak trees, nothing hotter than our pepper sauce. It makes for sweet living.