Mardi gras tartan?

[macwilkin]

How many folks attending Mardi Gras, a French / Cajun holiday, would really be looking for something in a tartan?

You never know...remember that there are a number of Cajuns with Scottish & Irish ancestry...for example, my wife's ancestors, the Melancons, are either English or Scottish in origin. The name is also spelled Melanson, and is claimed by the Clan MacMillan is a sept, although most research indicates that the name came from Yorkshire.

Cajuns are not just French -- you'll find Spanish, German, African, Native-American and several other groups/peoples in their "ethnic gumbo". Another branch of my wife's family were Germans who settled in St. James parish along the German Coast.

And, the Louisiana tartan was designed to represent all of Louisiana, not just the Scots. Anyone may wear it, which is why my wife and her mother wear it to the Scottish functions we attend. I would certainly wear my kilt to a Cajun gathering -- All of my wife's Cajun relatives love it!

There are three ways to become a Cajun, according to my MIL -- "by the ring, by the blood and by the backdoor." I am now a Cajun by two of them.

Besides, it's Mardi Gras -- Lassiez les Bon Temps rouler after all!

Regards,

Todd