Cajun traiteurs

Traiteurs (treaters) in Acadiana heal warts, burns, sunstroke and bleeding with whispered Catholic prayers passed down within families, and traditionally may not ask for payment.

1979 CE · 30.22, -92.02 · status: account

The account

Folklorists at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette began recording traiteurs in the late 1970s; the practice continues in Cajun, Creole and Houma communities.

Sources

1. 64 Parishes: Traiteurs