First, a report on patients, cut off from health care, getting help. Then, the state of high-speed rail in the U.S. And, a look at the Mardi Gras Indians keeping tradition alive. Source link
Big Chief Demond Melancon is so devoted to making the elaborate, beaded suits he wears on Mardi Gras day that once it lost him his home. Melancon participates in New Orleans’ Black Masking tradition, better known as the Mardi Gras Indians. Broken up into groups, what they call tribes, Melancon and other members of the … Read more
Every year, on Mardi Gras morning, something extraordinary emerges from the backstreets of New Orleans – groups of Black revelers most tourists will never see. They call themselves Mardi Gras Indians, or Black Masking Indians, and they roam the city’s neighborhoods in dazzling, hand-sewn suits. The tradition dates to the 1800s as a way to … Read more
The Mardi Gras Indians, or Black Masking Indians, have been around since the 1800s. Members spend months painstakingly handcrafting suits to be worn while marching through New Orleans’ neighborhoods. Source link
On Mardi Gras day in New Orleans, if you’re lucky or in the know, you can see a dazzling procession of Mardi Gras Indians, or Black Masking Indians, marching through the streets, resplendent in suits that are covered in beads, feathers, and rhinestones. “The makers of the suits work on them all year long for … Read more
Every Mardi Gras Day, something extraordinary emerges from the backstreets of New Orleans. It’s a tradition most tourists will never see. This Sunday, 60 Minutes goes inside the elaborate culture of the Mardi Gras Indians, also known as Black Masking Indians. Source link
Shia LaBeouf is attributing his arrest in New Orleans last week to his fear of ‘Big gay people.’ In an interview with YouTuber Andrew Callaghan released on Saturday, the 39-year-old actor explained what led to his arrest amid the city’s Mardi Gras celebrations. “When I’m like standing by myself and three gays are next to … Read more