by grahamiam12288 | Jun 22, 2022 | Backstreet Mardi Gras, Carnival Culture at Jazz Fest, Local Color and Customs
Carnival culture at Jazz Fest 2024 Jazz Fest has consistently showcased aspects of Carnival, notably performances and parades by New Orleans’s iconic Mardi Gras Indian tribes. But there’s much else of interest for those curious about the city’s annual outburst of...
by grahamiam12288 | Jun 22, 2022 | Backstreet Mardi Gras, Local Color and Customs
As recently as the early 1980s, only a handful of tribes appeared at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. In 2022, more than 40 performed on stage and paraded through the Fair Grounds, giving attendees from around the world a taste of one of the city’s most...
by josh | Mar 30, 2022 | Backstreet Mardi Gras, Local Color and Customs
Baby Dolls The early Baby Dolls had a risqué reputation but eventually came to be seen as trailblazers — claiming public space to express their “raddy” style and giving the back of their hand to hypocritical gender conventions. Today, they’re renowned for their...
by josh | Feb 15, 2014 | Backstreet Mardi Gras, Local Color and Customs
North Side Skull and Bone Gang These maskers, dressed as skeletons and wielding scary-looking spears and large bones, wake up the Tremé neighborhood on Mardi Gras morning with a warning: Get your act together before it’s “too late.” They evoke the literal meaning of...
by josh | Feb 15, 2014 | Backstreet Mardi Gras, Local Color and Customs
Black Masking Indians Once shrouded in secrecy, with little interest in sharing their traditions with the outside world, Black Masking Indians, also known as Mardi Gras Indians, have become celebrated icons whose music draws Grammy nominations and whose history and...
by grahamiam12288 | Feb 6, 2014 | Backstreet Mardi Gras, Colorful Characters
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