Mardi Gras Indians.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Nikesha

Series:

Louisiana True

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 p.)

Summary:

"The Mardi Gras Indians are some of the most anticipated figures during Carnival season in New Orleans. Their parades on Mardi Gras day, Super Sunday, and St. Joseph's night are heavily attended as people crowd the streets of uptown and downtown, Central City, and local parks where the Indians are known to pass by, battle through dance, and compete like strutting peacocks for the title of 'prettiest.' Mardi Gras Indians explores how Mardi Gras or carnival season throughout the African diaspora came together in a gumbo-sized melting pot to birth one of the most unique traditions celebrating African culture, Indigenous peoples, and Black Americans. Williams ties together the fragments of the ancient traditions with the expressed experiences of the contemporary. From the sangamentos of the Kongolese and the calumets of the various tribes of the Lower Mississippi River Valley to one-on-one interviews with today's Black masking tribe members

ISBN:

9780807179123

0807179124