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Dancing in Congo Square, 1886. Mardi Gras Indians have been practicing their traditions in New Orleans since at least the 18th century. The colony of New Orleans was founded by the French in 1718, on land inhabited by the Chitimacha Tribe, and within the first decade 5,000 enslaved Africans were trafficked to the colony.
On his climb to becoming the most renowned Chief of the Mardi Gras Indians, Tootie changed the images of the Indian suits from ones of bland colors, to a show of aesthetically pleasing beads, feathers and sequins. Tootie would use vibrant colors and ostrich feathers to display his pride to be a Mardi Gras Indian.
Mardi Gras (UK: / ˌ m ɑːr d i ˈ ɡ r ɑː /, US: / ˈ m ɑːr d i ɡ r ɑː /; [1] [2] also known as Shrove Tuesday) is the final day of Carnival (also known as Shrovetide or Fastelavn); it thus falls on the day before the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday. [3]
When Caribbean communities started to form in New Orleans, their culture was incorporated into the costumes, dances, and music made by the Mardi Gras Indians—a Krewe of Black New Orleanians who ...
Amid the weather threat and security measures, Mardi Gras celebrations persevered. Along with colorful floats and paradegoers with their necks hunched from a hefty haul of shimmery beads, were renowned Black masking Indians, whose spectacular beaded and bejeweled costumes are topped with feathered headdresses. Such groups have taken to the ...
Carnival season comes to a close Tuesday with thousands of people expected to crowd the streets of New Orleans and surrounding communities for the annual Mardi Gras celebration complete with ...
By any other name, it's still Mardi Gras. And there are a lot of names — carnival is a worldwide tradition ... the balls and the beads and the Mardi Gras Indians and the "krewes" (clubs ...
The museum's collections include objects relating to the African American culture of New Orleans with a special emphasis on jazz funerals, Mardi Gras Indians, and second line parades sponsored by Social Aid and Pleasure Clubs. The museum contains many priceless artifacts of African-American culture in New Orleans, including elaborate, brightly ...