While many Baby Dolls also spoke English, Creole was their main language, Vaz-Deville says. But after Louisiana banned non-English languages in schools in 1921, the use of Creole and French in ...

Louisiana Creole Culture’s “Let’s Talk but in ... along with fun ways to learn Creole French, such as language demonstrations ...

A group of New Orleans women hope to revive a nearly lost aspect from the earliest days of the Baby Dolls tradition: singing in Louisiana Creole as they parade on Mardi Gras Day.