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
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.
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.
Example of throws from the Krewe of Zulu parade. The Krewe's most prized throw, however, is an elaborately designed coconut. predominantly an African American Krewe, Krewe of Zulu members first belonged to a Benevolent Aid Society and officially madeā¦