Passing It On workshops are one of the types of workshops supported by the Bayou Culture Collaborative.  They are taught by a tradition bearer to pass on a tradition in one of the coastal parishes in Louisiana. We provide funds to an organization or the tradition bearer for workshops or mini-apprenticeships and expenses generally cover the teacher honorarium and supplies.

Contact: Maida Owens, Louisiana Folklife Program, folklife@crt.la.gov to explore possibilities. 

Past Passing It On workshops

• Mardi Gras costume designing, Krewe of Tradition, Houma
• Cajun music, Cajun Music Preservation Society, Thibodaux
• Houma Indian gumbo making, Chauvin
• Wood carving, Terrebonne Folklife Center, Houma
• Houma Indian Palmetto weaving, Janie Luster, Theriot
• Traditional plant storytelling, Pointe-au-Chien
• Pointe-au-Chien traditions, Pointe-au-Chien
• Houma half-hitch palmetto weaving and Spanish moss doll making, Janie Luster and Ann Luster Robichaux, Theriot
• Brown cotton weaving, Elaine Bourque, Lafayette
• Sewing regalia, Grand Caillou/Dulac Band of Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw, Chauvin
• Indian foodways, Atakapa-Ishak Chawasha, Grand Bayou Indian Village 
• Cypress paddle making, Center for Traditional Louisiana Boat Building,Lockport
• Cloth doll making, Jessica Brown, Houma
• Healing plants and gardening, Botanica: A Series of Conversations, Neighborhood Story Project, New Orleans
• Cypress dugout pirogue restoration, Center for Traditional Louisiana Boat Building, Lockport
• Medicinal herbs and the traiteuse tradition, Marlène Toups, Thibodaux
• Traditions and storytelling, United Houma Nation, Golden Meadow 

For details about these workshops that were previously supported, see Passing It On Workshops.