{"id":42005,"date":"2021-02-16T15:57:34","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T15:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.herdivineshadow.com\/journals\/watched\/cajun-mardi-gras\/"},"modified":"2025-06-13T21:03:58","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T20:03:58","slug":"cajun-mardi-gras","status":"publish","type":"traktivity_event","link":"https:\/\/www.herdivineshadow.com\/journals\/watched\/cajun-mardi-gras\/","title":{"rendered":"Cajun Mardi Gras"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"poster-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.herdivineshadow.com\/journals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/mew2mHAVCLzpCjKdiZTLtslz1mQ-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div>\n<p>In this celebration of Louisiana\u2019s Cajun culture, complete with Zydeco music and a crawfish boil, Bourdain goes off the beaten path and takes part in the less familiar Mardi Gras traditions of the region\u2019s history stemming from the French Middle Ages. Donning a conical hat, mask and colorful fringed costume, the host participates in the day long Courir de Mardi Gras in Mamou. Meals include a home cooked meal in Grand Coteau, lunch at Laura\u2019s 2 in Lafayette with creole cowboys, and boudin &amp; cracklings at Billy\u2019s in Opelousas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this celebration of Louisiana\u2019s Cajun culture, complete with Zydeco music and a crawfish boil, Bourdain goes off the beaten path and takes part in the less familiar Mardi Gras traditions of the region\u2019s history stemming from the French Middle Ages. Donning a conical hat, mask and colorful fringed costume, the host participates in the day long Courir de Mardi Gras in Mamou. Meals include a home cooked meal in Grand Coteau, lunch at Laura\u2019s 2 in Lafayette with creole cowboys, and boudin &amp; cracklings at Billy\u2019s in Opelousas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":42006,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","trakt_type":[2459],"trakt_genre":[2574],"trakt_year":[2571],"trakt_show":[2877],"trakt_season":[2553],"trakt_episode":[2465],"class_list":["post-42005","traktivity_event","type-traktivity_event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","trakt_type-tv-series","trakt_genre-documentary","trakt_year-2571","trakt_show-anthony-bourdain-parts-unknown","trakt_season-2553","trakt_episode-2465"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.herdivineshadow.com\/journals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/traktivity_event\/42005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.herdivineshadow.com\/journals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/traktivity_event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.herdivineshadow.com\/journals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/traktivity_event"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.herdivineshadow.com\/journals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42005"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.herdivineshadow.com\/journals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.herdivineshadow.com\/journals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"trakt_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.herdivineshadow.com\/journals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/trakt_type?post=42005"},{"taxonomy":"trakt_genre","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.herdivineshadow.com\/journals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/trakt_genre?post=42005"},{"taxonomy":"trakt_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.herdivineshadow.com\/journals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/trakt_year?post=42005"},{"taxonomy":"trakt_show","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.herdivineshadow.com\/journals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/trakt_show?post=42005"},{"taxonomy":"trakt_season","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.herdivineshadow.com\/journals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/trakt_season?post=42005"},{"taxonomy":"trakt_episode","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.herdivineshadow.com\/journals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/trakt_episode?post=42005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}