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Video: 2006 Mardi Gras HighlightsOriginal at truveo.com
• Sat, May 30
Highlights from the 150th anniversary of Mardi Gras in New Orleans. Includes footage of Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras Indians, the French Quarter and ... www.truveo.com
Video: Netscape New Orleans Voices - The Mardi Gras IndiansOriginal at YouTube
• Fri, Jan 23
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...
Who Dats, Mardi Gras Indians at Slidell Olde Towne Alive Celebration tonight
Original at Slidell Sentry
• Fri, Nov 6
Mardi Gras Indians dressed in all their feathered glory as they dance through the streets of Olde Towne leading Saints fans on a second-line parade. ...
Mardi Gras Indians are singing the Saints praises
Original at NOLA.com
• Sun, Nov 1
The New Orleans Saints are exhibiting serious mojo so far this season. Might it be because they've got Indian energy on their side? ...
Voodoo Experience music festival aims for magic
Original at USA Today
• Wed, Oct 28
Virgin Media Music For Voodoo to include down-home blues, Mardi Gras Indians, Cajun music, zydeco, New Orleans R&B and brass-band jazz "makes a statement of respect and ... Voodoo music fest kicks off Halloween weekendThe Associated Press all 136 news articles »
Boo Carre' Halloween & Harvest Fest
Original at NewOrleans.Com
• Mon, Oct 19
Boo Carre' Halloween & Harvest Fest Pick your pumpkin, trick-or-treat, and dance the day away to live music; encounter vampires, Mardi Gras Indians, Living History Project zombies, ... and more »
CULTURE BEAT: A new play celebrates bounce music and New Orleans ...
Original at Facing South
• Fri, May 29
NC Bounce is the name given to the style of New Orleans Hip-Hop recognized for a distinctive beat and call-and-response lyrical style that owes much to Mardi Gras Indians and other local cultural traditions. Although not widely listened to outside of the ...
Man shot in Algiers near Super Sunday parades dies - The Times-Picayune
Original at NOLA.com
• Thu, May 28
Man shot in Algiers near Super Sunday parades dies Someone shot Reeder in the head and body near the corner of LB Landry Avenue and Ptolemy Street about 6:58 pm Sunday, as parades put on by Mardi Gras Indians passed a couple of blocks away, the New Orleans Police Department said. ...
The Rest of the Fest
Original at OffBeat Magazine
• Thu, May 28
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 ...
Catch Dat Beat
Original at Monthly Review
• Wed, May 27
VA Bounce is the name given to the style of New Orleans Hip-Hop recognized for a distinctive beat and call-and-response lyrical style that owes much to Mardi Gras Indians and other local cultural traditions. Although not widely listened to outside of the ...
Galatoire's GM shares ideas for sips of whites and sparklers at ... - The Times-Picayune
Original at NOLA.com
• Thu, May 21
The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com, LA Grand Tastings: Tasting stations feature 75 chefs and 1000 vintages, along with a Carnival-style parade with the Wild Magnolia Mardi Gras Indians, at Louisiana Superdome, enter at Gate A on Poydras Street. ($89 in advance, $100 onsite; no strollers ...
New Orleans Food and Wine Experience: It's wines. It's food. It's ... - The Times-Picayune
Original at The Times-Picayune
• Fri, May 15
Grand Tastings: Tasting stations feature 75 chefs and 1000 vintages, along with a Carnival-style parade with the Wild Magnolia Mardi Gras Indians, at Louisiana Superdome, enter at Gate A on Poydras Street. ($89 in advance, $100 onsite; no strollers ...
On with the show: HBO picks up 'Treme' set in NO for a full season - The Times-Picayune
Original at NOLA.com
• Wed, May 6
By Dave Walker Staff writer HBO will produce a full season of "Treme," a drama series set against the unique New Orleans backdrop of second-line parades, brass bands and Mardi Gras Indians, bringing with it tens of millions of dollars in spending, ...
Jazz Fest | 04.30-05.03 | New Orleans, LA
Original at JamBase
• Wed, May 6
You get hexed at the small stages, which usually offer local acts such as Mardi Gras Indians and brass bands. These folks grew up on gris-gris and know how to cast a spell. Mardi Gras Indians, a tradition which started when escaped African slaves found ...
Grass Passes and the Wild Magnolias
Original at Huffington Post
• Tue, May 5
NY Little Bo Dollis is the new standard bearer in The Wild Magnolias, a band that blasted Mardi Gras Indians into the public's consciousness over 30 years ago with "Smoke My Peace Pipe." New Orleans has always been blessed with musical families including ...
Jazzfest: Rising to New Orleans' Standards
Original at New York Times
• Mon, May 4
United States - Jon Pareles, Jon Pareles Through the weekend, the On Culture Danse Club of Benin, a group of drummers and dancers from West Africa, performed frequently on the Jazz and Heritage stage, where Mardi Gras Indians and brass bands also play. One glance at their bright, ...
From Shaky Start to Enduring Tradition
Original at New York Times
• Sun, May 3
United States - Cheryl Gerber Yet what makes Jazzfest unique takes place on a smaller scale: moments like the parades of Mardi Gras Indians and the Social Aid and Pleasure Club. They used to reveal their feathered outfits and fancy suits on only a few days a year in certain ...
Reflections on New Orleans Jazz Fest 2009
Original at Alexandria Town Talk
• Thu, Apr 30
Dave Matthews of The Dave Matthews Band performs at the 2009 New Orleans Jazz Fest. Kermit Ruffins performs at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. A member of the Comanche Hunters Mardi Gras Indians performs during the 2009 New Orleans Jazz and ...
Jazz Fest History- the Last Twenty Years
Original at Louisiana Weekly
• Mon, Apr 27
LA The new Jazz and Heritage stage, dedicated to the indigenous sounds of New Orleans - brass bands and Mardi Gras Indians - supplanted the Native American village. But for fans of the cultural roots of New Orleans music, the change was a very welcome one ...
Jazz Fest kicks off this weekend
Original at Daily Comet
• Fri, Apr 24
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. ...
Jazz Fest from A to Z
Original at OffBeat Magazine
• Mon, Apr 20
Apache Hunters Mardi Gras Indians, 5/2, PAR, 1p: The local Mardi Gras Indian tribe parades through the Fair Grounds. Archdiocese of New Orleans Community Choir, 4/25, GOS, 12:05p: The Archdiocese represents the largest religious demographic in the ...
Mardi Gras Indians | Super Sunday | NOLA
Original at JamBase
• Mon, Apr 13
CA The beauty and splendor of the Indians today is a living and still evolving history of New Orleans. Women and children have joined in the proud tradition. The Indians parade on Mardi Gras Day, and also on "Super Sunday," traditionally the Sunday ...