The holiday is typically all about fun and community, but under it all lies a deeper connection to Black American ... only for Mardi Gras. In fact, all float riders must wear a mask or paint ...

gold and green or purple, gold and black. We may never know why green won out as the third color. The Mardi Gras colors weren ...

some African Americans mask in elaborate beaded and feathered Mardi Gras Indian suits, roving the city to sing, dance, drum and perform. The tradition, a central part of the Black Carnival ...

At the start of the Krewe of Zulu parade, family and friends gathered wearing Mardi Gras purple, gold and green ... were renowned Black masking Indians, whose spectacular beaded and bejeweled ...

All along Jackson Avenue at the start of the Krewe of Zulu parade, family and friends gathered wearing Mardi Gras purple ... Across the city, renowned Black masking Indians, whose spectacular ...

Today, the modern New Orleans-style king cakes are shaped like rings and covered in purple ... Black and Indigenous people. McDonald, from the Archdiocese of New Orleans, said Carnival and Mardi ...