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Birds are chirping about rumors in this multilingual poetry and song workshop that explores how languages are nested within each other. No prior knowledge of Spanish is necessary to participate. Louisiana Spanish draws on the Spanish-language traditions in Isleño, Adaeseño and Bruli heritage in the state as well as their influences from Louisiana Regional French (LRF) and indigenous languages such as Nahuatl. Participants will listen to historical archive recordings that document the Louisiana Isleños’ intangible cultural heritage preserved in an online collection, specifically their décima songs. After learning a vocabulary set related to birds and nature from the Louisiana Spanish Language, participants will be encouraged to try out their newly acquired vocabulary in the creation of a bilingual or multilingual poem that narrates a piece of gossip as told from a bird’s perspective.