ʻO ka mahaloʻana i ka Pride Pride i loko o ka puʻu o kā Cajun Country
ʻO Lafayette,ʻo Louisiana ka puʻuwai o ka'āinaʻo Cajun, he kaulana kaulana no kona mele nui, kānaʻoihana, a me ka meaʻai nui, e hiki ai i nā malihini ke komo i ka pāʻina i nāʻahaʻaina nui e mālamaʻia nei ma kēia māhele a puni ka makahiki, mai nā Hoʻohanohano Acadiens a me Creoles iʻOkakopa i ka Zydeco Festival i ka pauʻana oʻAukake. I ka 2016, hoʻokipaʻo Lafayette i ka hoʻolauleʻa makahikiʻekolu i hoʻolauleʻaʻia no ka hoʻokipaʻana i ke kaiaulu GLBT e ulu ana - e hanaʻia ka Acadiana Pride Festival ma ka lā 19 o Malaki, 2016.
E hoʻokuʻu houʻia nā mea kiko'ī e pili ana i ka hanana o kēia makahiki ma ka loaʻaʻana o nāʻike. Eia ke nānāʻana i ka makahiki o ka makahiki i hala, ma kēia manawa:
Ua hanaʻia kekahi mau hanana Hoʻohanohano Acadiana o kaʻaha ma Cité des Arts, kahi hana hoʻokipa nui o ke kaiāulu (ʻo ia ke uku i nā "kaiaulu a me nāʻike kaiapuni") i 109 Vine Street.
ʻO kekahi papahana hoʻolauleʻa i hoʻokomoʻia i kahi pī'ā lā Pōʻalima o Upstairs:ʻo ke mele (e pili ana i ke ahiʻino a me ke ahi make ma ka pā'ielani kiʻekiʻe ma New Orleans i ka makahiki 1973), Pride Idol hōʻikeʻike; ʻo ka Acadiana Pride Pageant, kahi brunch o ka lā Sabati ma Jefferson Street Pub, a me kekahi mau'ahamele ma ka Pōʻono a me ka Sābati ma ke alanui Parc International (ma ke kūlanakauhaleʻo Garfield a me Polk).
He kinoʻuʻuku nā mea pāʻaniʻo Lafayette,ʻo ia hoʻi kekahi mau leʻaleʻa leʻaleʻa a me nā kaʻa a me nā haleʻaina . ʻO kahi nūpepaʻo Louis Ambushʻo ia kahi punahele maikaʻi no kaʻimiʻana i nā mea hou e pili ana i ka heleʻana o ka pāʻani ma ia wahi.
E nānā pūʻia hoʻi ka huakaʻi huakaʻi i hanaʻia e ka hui kaiaulu tourpule o ke kūlanakauhale,ʻo ka Lafayette Convention a me ka Commission Commissioners, a he mea kākoʻo pūʻo Acadiana Pride Festival.