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The Atlas Obscura Podcast

Small Town, Big Story: The Giant Omelet of Abbeville, LA

The Atlas Obscura Podcast

SiriusXM Podcasts & Atlas Obscura

Places & Travel, Society & Culture

4.61.8K Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2024

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

We’re visiting a town 150 miles west of New Orleans in the absolute heart of Cajun country, where every year, thousands of people come from across the country to march through the streets, play music, celebrate French culture, and cook up an absolutely enormous omelet. This episode was produced in partnership with GoUSATV based on a video series we do with them called Small Town Big Story. To see the giant omelet for yourself, check out our video about Abbeville.

Transcript

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0:00.0

I have something to tell you all a little bit of a confession.

0:07.0

Last year I joined a secret society.

0:12.0

The word cofere means brothers, our members, our good friends.

0:17.0

And so the cofere is a friendship, an organization based on friendships.

0:23.0

In that sense, I guess, it is a little bit of an underground cult.

0:27.0

Bonnie Broussard and Roslin White are my fellow cult members.

0:32.0

They belong to the Confere de Abbeville, based in Abbeville, Louisiana.

0:38.9

It's an honor to be invited. It means that that group thinks that you could really contribute and be a good ambassador of your city

0:46.2

Like other fraternal organizations turned community groups think you know the Elks Club, Eagles Club, the masons.

0:55.0

The Conferry de Abbeville is steeped in tradition.

0:59.0

Their members have celebratory outfits,

1:02.0

and there is a formal induction ceremony. members have

1:03.4

celebratory outfits and there is a formal induction ceremony to welcome new members.

1:06.7

Maybe we should learn what I need to learn to get knighted for this

1:10.3

okay, for the ceremony all, let's do it.

1:14.0

But there's something else that sets the Conferry de Abbeville

1:17.0

apart from other secret societies.

1:20.0

Because this group is dedicated to upholding a very specific tradition.

1:25.0

I'll say it in English and then say it in French.

1:28.0

I make the oath to pledge to stay faithful to the tradition of the giant omelet.

1:36.0

Okay, so now you would say,

1:38.0

I'll say,

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