Group of 18 Stereograph Views of the 1884/1885 New Orleans Centennial International Exhibition, ...More 1850s-1910s, Albumen silver prints, Mounts: 10.8 x 17.8 cm (4 1/4 x 7 in.), Photographs ...

On Mardi Gras morning, a crowd gathered outside a brick building near St. Philip and North Johnson streets in Treme, waiting for Big Chief Shaka Zulu of the Golden Feather Hunters.

NEW ORLEANS — Saint Joseph's Night is a cultural and spiritual celebration observed in New Orleans, primarily by the Mardi Gras Indians, on the evening of March 19, the feast day of Saint Joseph.

The late, highly respected Mardi Gras Indian Council Chief of Chiefs Robert “Robee” Lee said there were Indians out on the St. Joseph's holiday when he started masking in 1929.