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Mardi Gras Indians
“The Indians are one of the biggest feats that ever happened...even when the parades that cost millions of dollars are coming along, everybody still flocks to see the Indians!”
Jelly Roll Morton
Social Aid & Pleasure Clubs
Parading in public always has a political meaning. Post Katrina, the social club parades are more important than ever as they call people home to reclaim the city, and say “We are New Orleans, this is our city.”
Read MoreSkull n Bone Gangs & Baby Dolls
No other mask reduces the human experience to its essential core like the skeleton. The Skull & Bone Gangs and the Baby Dolls grew to be a Mardi Gras fixture in the first half of the 20th century.
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