Has anyone ever seen these? I hear there are over 100 large fires on christmas eve or earlier...i wonder if there is any music that accompanies them? (that could put this above the line)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQXIDlLD77g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcPWKpJ7A0U&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jxeaZsmDlE&feature=related
http://www.tabasco.com/taste_tent/festivals/dec_bonfires_on_levee.cfm
http://louisiana-travel.suite101.com/article.cfm/christmas_eve_bonfires
http://www.stjamesparish.com/local/localinfo/BONFIRES/Bonfir1.htm
http://www.trails.com/tcatalog_trail.aspx?trailid=XGP308-023
http://www.louisianafolklife.org/LT/Articles_Essays/main_misc_bonfires_levee.html


is it a Cajun tradition? Creole?