The cuisine and the music hark back to old traditions. They play as hard as they work, but they work hard. And he still wonders sometimes why anyone would want more. The Cajuns are a tolerant people - perhaps to a fault. They sometimes tolerate a little too much drinking, a little too much dancing, some chicanery in their politics.
Some outsiders cluck their tongues and wonder why.
The Cajun suggests that some things just aren't worth the trouble to change. Regional historian Revon Reed claims to count 15 different kinds of Louisiana Cajuns, including Anglos, Spaniards, even Yugoslavians and Filipinos. He can start a good fight by arguing that in some of the wrong places. The back door to becoming a Cajun opens only so wide.