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
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Bill Clinton-appointed federal judge is among several drawing criticism for continuing to order the release of some of the 650 illegal immigrants arrested by ICE in “Operation Country Roads.” In one case that drew public attention, Judge Joseph Goodwin of the Southern District of West Virginia … Read more