Super Sunday
Super Sunday
These are members of Mardi Gras Indian tribes that march every spring in New Orleans. On Super Sunday, the third Sunday in March, the tribes reveal their suits they've been meticulously crafting the entire year.
Mardi Gras Indians exist naturally - after being banned from White Mardi Gras and taking traditions from the friendship of Native Americans who housed runaway slaves. The fellow outcasts of society combined West African and native culture of masking with the costume and music that is native to New Orleans.
I had the pleasure of meeting Wild Man Herb (white and green costume), Big Chief Sysco (yellow/orange/blue costume), bounce musician BOG Vonnie and more amazing artists.