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Barachois

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Barachois was an Acadian traditional music group from the Evangeline Region of Prince Edward Island. The band 's high-energy stage show highlighted local fiddling, stepdancing and song traditions.'
The group was formed in the mid-1990s by siblings Hélène Bergeron and Albert Arsenault, distant cousin Louise Arsenault unrelated Chuck Arsenault. The name of the group refers to a barachois, an Acadian word for a type of shallow lagoon found on the ocean shores of eastern Canada.
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