Acadian Mi-Carême Masks and Merrymaking Out of stock The Melanson Story: Acadian Family

The Melanson Story: Acadian Family

Auteur: Georgette LeBlanc

Illustrated with a hundred photos taken from many family albums

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Acadian Mi-Carême Masks and Merrymaking Out of stock The Melanson Story: Acadian FamilyAuthor: Georges Arsenault The rich traditions associated with Mi Carme or Mid Lent are firmly anchored in the folkways of Acadian communities. To celebrate Mi Carme, people visited each other's homes dressed up in masks and costumes. In the midst of the merrymaking, a mysterious character called the Mi Carme gave candies to little children and sometimes even delivered babies. But this strange individual scared many young Acadians because they feared