The city of New Orleans might still be recovering from hosting the Super Bowl, but that’s not stopping the birthplace of jazz music from getting ready to celebrate it’s biggest annual holiday ...

The first Mardi Gras in America would be celebrated in 1703 ... One of the oldest traditionally African-American krewes, Zulu held its first parade in 1909. The next year, they began tossing ...

"We’re paying tribute to the First Nation people ... and New Orleans African American Museum, are committed to preserving and presenting the history of the Mardi Gras Indians to tourists ...

Super Sunday, a major celebration for the Mardi Gras Indian community, brought families together to honor tradition, culture, ...

The age-old Mardi Gras saying has never been ... the 1,500-member krewe describes itself as “the first krewe founded by African American women for African American women, but all women are ...

Years later, Joe Cain Day began with the first procession in ... “Folks in the African American community are proud of Joe Cain Day,” she said. “Mardi Gras Day, people think of New Orleans.

Friday night, Anheuser-Busch and the St. Louis Mardi Gras Foundation pulled out all the ... Foxy 106.9 FM radio personality KIKI The First Lady, and Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis ...

It was the couple’s first time seeing Black Masking Indians in person on Mardi Gras. “It’s always been ... culture being manifested in Native American motif,” Watkins said.

Learn about the history of some of the most popular Mardi Gras traditions so you can celebrate in New Orleans the right way! New Orleans Mardi Gras traditions Mardi Gras in New Orleans is more than ...

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From first-timers to experienced Barefoot Mardi Gras attendees ... “And our three charities this year are the Island American Legion Post 229, the Corpus Christi Firefighters Care Foundation ...

According to the Encyclopedia of Alabama — the state where Mardi Gras has its earliest American roots — Fat ... It was observed for the first time in the New World by French pioneers at ...