Mardi Gras

By rss@youtube.com (MindsiMedia) Here is another little film we came across looking for Mardi Gras related videos. In this one Netscape visits with Monk Boudreaux, Big Chief of the Golden Eagles, and David Montana, Second Chief of the Yellow Pocahontas, and talks to them about their Mardi Gras Indians suits. This movie is p...

 LA JH) When the Red Hawk Mardi Gras Indians performed, all suits were equally beautiful and equally elaborate. No Wild Man. No Flag Boy. No Second Chief. Just a row of Big Chief costumes. What's up with that? (AR) Listening to John Boutté sing Steve ...

From this diverse, soulful place came our own Mardi Gras Indian tradition, which led to legends like Big Chief “Tootie” Montana, who lived not far from here in Treme. Brass Bands also evolved here and we started second lining. The Dejan's Olympia Brass ...

 LA Across the Mississippi, the rescheduled West Fest Mardi Gras Indian parade presented by Big Chief Tyrone Casby and the Mohawk Hunters also takes off on Sunday, May 24. It begins at 1:30 pm at LB Landry and Ptolomy streets in Algiers and makes a ...

Dr. Michael White, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux and the Golden Eagles Mardi Gras Indians, Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band. The festival also includes numerous food booths, parades through the New Orleans Fairgrounds, arts and crafts and more. ...