ESSENCE FESTIVAL OF CULTURE HERE IN NEW ORLEANS. AND WE’RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT HOW NEW ORLEANS CULTURE, MUSIC AND ART IS ...

In New Orleans, 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 ...

What happens when an Afro-surrealist artist applies artificial intelligence tools to Mardi Gras Indians?

He didn’t know about the Mardi Gras Indians, social aid and pleasure clubs, the Black Panther Party’s standoff with the NOPD in the Desire Housing Project, Mark Essex, or Ahidiana. He would not know ...

For much of the record, the Black Masking Mardi Gras Indians’ sound and the slick Memphis production are kept separate, but at times they intermingle with success.

That mix of Catholic identity and Black culture imbues New Orleans with its trademark traditions: its second-line parades and Mardi Gras, that legendary celebration that ushers in Lent.

Black Masking Indians had a reputation of violence between tribes during this time. Bo Dollis Jr. says his father was a pivotal figure in changing that reputation, and he did it through music. “So ...

Margie Perez, Papo y Son Mandao, Black Foot Hunters Mardi Gras Indians, Sons of Jazz Brass Band, Caesar Brothers FunkBox, Lyle Henderson & Emmanu-EL, Melvin “Maestro” Winfield Jr.

Flagboy Giz’s regional hit about the Black Masking Indian experience is a modern-day Mardi Gras standard, and so much more.

Mardi Gras Indians are cultural stewards, deeply rooted in the indigenous and Black history of New Orleans. Also known as Black Masking Indians, Mardi Gras Indians are integral to indigenous and ...

Big Chief Bo Dollis, Jr. is an award-winning cultural performer, musician, and educator whose work preserves and promotes the rich cultural heritage of Mardi Gras Indians, a distinctly New Orleans ...

Super Sunday in New Orleans upholds its long-standing tradition of uniting the local community and being recognized as the true Mardi Gras.