Respect Your Elder!

Traiteurze or Traiteuse? Today we are talking about Cajun Faith healers. Jonas and Alexis talk about the ones you call when the Doctors need a little help from above. Divine intervention is good for what ails ya, down here in Outlandish Parish.

Sources:

The Much Acclaimed: Healing Traditions of South Louisiana:

https://www.af-neworleans.org/products/af-healing-traditions-of-south-louisiana/

The Louisiana Folklife Programs

https://www.louisianafolklife.org/lt/articles_essays/lfmtraiteurs.html

Good for what Ails You, Film by Glen Pitre https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0415826/

And a special thanks to all our Mawmaws, Nannies, and Grandperes who shared their stories with us. We're trying to keep this torch lit. Merci!

Music By T’Canaille on behalf of Louisiana Cajun Music Preservation Society. More about them in the next episode.