Kelly Lynn James

PROJECTS: Mardi Gras, New Orleans 2008

New Orleans

Mardi Gras Celebrations

2008

The New Orleans Social Aid and Pleasure Club Task Force held it's Unified Parade on Monday, Feuruay 4th, 2008, Lundi Gras day in New Orleans. Secondlines participating included the Pigeon Town Steppers, The Ladies of Class, the Original Four, and the Original Prince of Wales.
   
The New Orleans Social Aid and Pleasure Club Task Force held it's Unified Parade on Monday, Feuruay 4th, 2008, Lundi Gras day in New Orleans. Secondlines participating included the Pigeon Town Steppers, The Ladies of Class, the Original Four, and the Original Prince of Wales.
   
The New Orleans Social Aid and Pleasure Club Task Force held it's Unified Parade on Monday, Feuruay 4th, 2008, Lundi Gras day in New Orleans. Secondlines participating included the Pigeon Town Steppers, The Ladies of Class, the Original Four, and the Original Prince of Wales.
     
  
The New Orleans Social Aid and Pleasure Club Task Force held it's Unified Parade on Monday, Feuruay 4th, 2008, Lundi Gras day in New Orleans. Secondlines participating included the Pigeon Town Steppers, The Ladies of Class, the Original Four, and the Original Prince of Wales.
   
On the Saturday before Mardi Gras the Krewe of Dreux parades through Gentilly, New Orleans from Peoples Avenue to the Bacchus Lounge.
   
Second Chief David Montana, son of the famous Allison ‘Tootie’ Montana, and Ausettua Amor Amenkun of the Yellow Pocahontas tribe of the Mardi Gras Indians parade on N. Villere St. in New Orleans on Mardi Gras day, 2008. In the 19th century the African Americans of New Orleans related to the oppressed and outcast American Indians. Communities formed tribes incorporating elements of Indian costuming and ritual into neighborhood parades and battles. Hand sewn out of beads and feathers, the status and pride of the tribe rests on the intricacy of the tribes' "suits".
     
  
Mardi Gras Indians parade on N. Villere St. in New Orleans on Mardi Gras day, 2008. In the 19th century the African Americans of New Orleans related to the oppressed and outcast American Indians. Communities formed tribes incorporating elements of Indian costuming and ritual into neighborhood parades and battles. Hand sewn out of beads and feathers, the status and pride of the tribe rests on the intricacy of the tribes' "suits".
   
Mardi Gras Indians parade on N. Villere St. in New Orleans on Mardi Gras day 2008. In the 19th century the African Americans of New Orleans related to the oppressed and outcast American Indians. Communities formed tribes incorporating elements of Indian costuming and ritual into neighborhood parades and battles. Hand sewn out of beads and feathers, the status and pride of the tribe rests on the intricacy of the tribes' "suits".
   
The North Side Skull and Bone Gang moved through the streets of New Orleans early in the morning on Fat Tuesday, 2008, to awake the neighborhood. Accompanied by the pounding of conga drums and tambourines, the gang waved ox bones and stopped to dance and give a friendly scare to the occasional child along the way.
     
  
Reigning Empress of the Radical Faerie Imperial Coronation & Costume Ball held the Friday before Mardis Gras at the Saturn Bar on St. Claude St., New Orleans. This year's theme was the "Grey Garden".
   
The Radical Faerie Ball and parade was held the Friday before Mardis Gras at the Saturn Bar on St. Claude St., New Orleans. This year's theme was the "Grey Garden".
   
The Radical Faerie Ball and parade was held the Friday before Mardis Gras at the Saturn Bar on St. Claude St., New Orleans. This year's theme was the "Grey Garden". David Albert Musson (pictured) is dressed as the King of Hearts.
     
  
The Rex Ball and the Meeting of the Courts of Rex and the Mistick Krewe of Comus, Mardi Gras night 2008, New Orleans.
   
The Mistick Krewe of Comus, Mardi Gras night 2008, New Orleans.