Mardi Gras Indians

Fessheads: Jazz Fest at 50 Photo of the Day

Wed, 05/29/19
Authored by Carrie Booher
Fessheads united at Jazz Fest on May 3, 2019. Photo by Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee. In honor of Jazz Fest's 50th anniversary in 2019, we're featuring a Jazz Fest photo of the day with our audience. Keep your eyes here, and at our Jazz Fest 50 page, all year long to see them, plu... Read more

Big Chief Delco: Jazz Fest at 50 Photo of the Day

Tue, 05/28/19
Authored by Carrie Booher
Big Chief Delco on May 4, 2019. Photo by Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee. In honor of Jazz Fest's 50th anniversary in 2019, we're featuring a Jazz Fest photo of the day with our audience. Keep your eyes here, and at our Jazz Fest 50 page, all year long to see them, plus more celebra... Read more

Spy Boy Dow: Jazz Fest at 50 Photo of the Day

Mon, 05/27/19
Authored by Carrie Booher
Spy Boy Dow of the Mohawk Hunters on May 4, 2019. Photo by Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee. In honor of Jazz Fest's 50th anniversary in 2019, we're featuring a Jazz Fest photo of the day with our audience. Keep your eyes here, and at our Jazz Fest 50 page, all year long to see them... Read more

Big Chief Monk Boudreaux: Jazz Fest at 50 Photo of the Day

Fri, 05/17/19
Authored by Carrie Booher
Big Chief Monk Boudreaux & the Golden Eagles perform at Jazz Fest 2019. Photo by Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee. In honor of Jazz Fest's 50th anniversary in 2019, we're featuring a Jazz Fest photo of the day with our audience. Keep your eyes here, and at our Jazz Fest 50 page, all... Read more

Diana Ross: Jazz Fest at 50 Photo of the Day

Sat, 05/11/19
Authored by Carrie Booher
Diana Ross performs to a huge crowd at the Gentilly Stage at Jazz Fest 2019. Photo by Charlie Steiner. In honor of Jazz Fest's 50th anniversary in 2019, we're featuring a Jazz Fest photo of the day with our audience. Keep your eyes here, and at our Jazz Fest 50 page, all... Read more

Big Chief Cheyenne Ferdinand Bigard: Jazz Fest at 50 Photo of the Day

Fri, 05/10/19
Authored by Carrie Booher
Big Chief Cheyenne Ferdinand Bigard with beadwork in progress in 1986. Photo by Harold Baquet, courtesy of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Archive.  In honor of Jazz Fest's 50th anniversary in 2019, we're featuring a Jazz Fest photo of the day with our audience. Keep your... Read more

Big Chief Tyrone Casby: Jazz Fest Flashback

Thu, 04/25/19
Authored by Carrie Booher
Big Chief Tyrone Casby of the Mohawk Hunters Black Indians of Mardi Gras shares what it's like to mask at Jazz Fest, why the Indians are present at the Fairgrounds, and more in this Jazz Fest Flashback.  Read more

Annual Easter Mardi Gras Indian Award Competition and Easter Dinner

Mon, 04/15/19
Winners in all Indian gang/tribe positions to be determined by judges, award ceremony to follow. Open invitation to participate: Uptown - Downtown - West Bank Mardi Gras Indians Please come out to support the Mardi Gras Indian Culture! Doors open at 3p Competition starts a... Read more

Yellow Jackets: Jazz Fest at 50 Photo of the Day

Mon, 04/15/19
Authored by Carrie Booher
Yellow Jackets Mardi Gras Indians at Jazz Fest in 1980. Photo by Burt Steel, courtesy of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Archive. In honor of Jazz Fest's 50th anniversary in 2019, we're featuring a Jazz Fest photo of the day with our audience. Keep your eyes here, and at ... Read more

Downtown Super Sunday

Tue, 03/19/19
There are three Super Sunday Mardi Gras celebrations that happen each year-- Uptown, Downtown, and Westbank. Super Sunday is an annual gathering of Mardi Gras Indian Tribes celebrating their heritage and culture in a magnificent display of hand-sewn suits, singing, dancing ... Read more

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