No one was rich although many were very poor. We all were children who learned from each other. I remember sitting outside and hearing Zydeco music late into the night. They played traditional Cajun music. He and a friend of his would play together at home on the weekends.
Music is central to our way of life in south Louisiana.
My mother cooked for more than a dozen workers in the field when I was a child. It was customary for the wife of the farm owner to cook meals for the workers. But, interestingly, women in Cajun culture cook food for sustenance. When it was a special occasion with many people coming, my father cooked. Men tend to cook here for special events or for large gatherings.