Festival International is a springtime rite of passage for hundreds of thousands of locals and visitors alike, a virtual gumbo of music, culture, people, and food, representing countries from around the globe.
The 2017 edition of the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Women's Tennis team is cooking up its own version of Festival International.
And this particular gumbo is being served, literally and figuratively, at Cajun Courts.
Head coach Stephanie Vallejos, a native of northern California, has nine women on this year's squad. Nine women from nine different countries.
Freshmen include Yasmine Ansari (Morocco), Lucile Delabarre (France), India Shiaelis (Cyprus), and Marina Rodriguez Garcia (Spain).