Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Louisiana Creole Flag Blanket



Kouvèt-çila çé kom Drapo Kréyol Lalwizyan-la ki çé pou lèritaj Kréyol Lalwizyan.   Prémiyé Drapo Kréyol Lalwizyan-la té kréyé par Pyær Bergeron en 1987. 

Mañær mo kroshé drapo-la çé diféran.  Mo kroshé flœr de li é shato-la pli gran paske kouvèt-la pou in bébe.  Çé kofær kouvèt di « ti Kréyol. » Çé in tap pou in krèsh.

Drapo-la gin : in flœr de li pou lèritaj Frans; drapo o Sénégal; drapo o Mali; drapo o Castille pou léritaj Spañòl; lakrwa blan pou léritaj shovaj (kat diréksyon) é pou tradisyon Katolik-la.

Plin moun té viní ensemb en Koloni Fransé, é Koloni Spañòl pou kréyé in nouvo lakilchi, Lakichi Kréyol Lalwizyan : Atakapa, Bambara, Fransé, Fulani, Shakta, Shitimatcha, Spañòl, Wolof, é plis.


Nouzòt toujou isit.

This blanket is like the Louisiana Creole Heritage Flag.  The original Louisiana Creole Flag was designed by Peter Bergeron in 1987.
I made the fleur-dê-lis and the castle a little larger because the blanket is for a baby. That is why it says ti Kréyol. It is made as a cover for a baby crib.
The flag has:  a fleur-de-lis for our French heritage; the Flag of Senegal; the Flag of Mali; the Flag of Castile for our Spanish heritage; a white cross which represents both our Native American heritage (the four winds) and our Catholic traditions.
The Attakapas, the Bambara, the Chitimacha, the Choctaw, the French, the Fulani, the Spanish, the Wolof, and others in French and Colonial Louisiana formed a new unique culture, the Louisiana Creole culture.
We are still here.