Graphics: Unmasking Tradition: Mardi Gras in Louisiana

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Graphics: Unmasking Tradition: Mardi Gras in Louisiana

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This collection includes graphics and documents related to Mardi Gras celebration. It interprets the changes that celebrations have undergone .

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May 2, 2018

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1928 Krewe of Rex Parade Float
1928 Krewe of Rex Parade. The theme of the parade was Transportation.

Second Line Band
Second line band parades through New Orleans.

Cajun Country Mardi Gras Runners
Runners dancing while taking a break from chasing chickens in Mamou, LA.

Cajun Country Mardi Gras Runners 2
Mardi Gras runners arriving back into town. Mamou, LA

1872 New Orleans Republican newspaper
The New Orleans Republican is where the information for the first Rex parade in New Orleans can be found. in print from 1867-1878, the paper began during the Reconstruction Period.

Two Men & a Chicken
Two men celebrate after catching the chicken, a main ingredient in the community gumbo at the end of Mardi Gras run in Cajun Country Mardi Gras celebrations.

King Cake

Riders in Action
Risers make the trip to capture their prized ingredients for the community gumbo.

Mardi Gras Travels
Cajun band from Mamou, La playing at the National Folk Festival in Nashville, TN in 1959. pictured from left to right are: Mady Guillory, Eloi Landreneau, unknown, Don McGee, unknown, unknown, Bufford Perron, and Cyprien Landrenenau

"If Ever I Cease to Love."
picture of lyrics and a document of the official Rex parade song, "If Ever I Cease to Love."
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