DAKAR (Reuters) -Senegalese authorities intercepted 112 migrants aboard a long wooden fishing boat known as a pirogue off the ...

Pirogues were once a regular means of transportation and part of a way of life. The long, slender boats would skim the surface of the water as people paddled through the bayous and marshes to hunt or ...

The Bayou Terrebonne Boucherie Festival, a free event featuring live music, food and a Cajun-themed competition, takes place Saturday, March 22. A highlight of the festival is the Cajun Cup, where ...

After nearly 20 years, pirogue racing returned to the Town of Jean Lafitte Saturday (July 21) at the town's newly opened Jules Nunez Seafood Pavilion and AJ & Sheron Fabre Market on Bayou Barataria.

Fighting to stay afloat on what looks like a sea of chocolate milk, desperation begins to define a Tuesday morning in Thibodaux. My boat shakes uncontrollably, and I feel like a newborn deer learning ...

The title of Senegalese director Moussa Touré's new drama refers to the flat-bottomed motorboat transporting 30 West African immigrants on the Atlantic Ocean to Spain. It's a trip that is meant to ...