How Mardi Gras Indians Rebel Against History
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- Опубликовано: 26 авг 2024
- Mardi Gras Indians are an iconic part of New Orleans culture today. But the tradition was born out of discrimination, with Black people excluded from mainstream white Mardi Gras celebrations. That’s why Gizmo, a Mardi Gras Indian, was driven by a passion to participate in a tradition rooted in rebellion.
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Man his talent and dedication is beyond measure. I love seeing them in action makes me proud to be who I am.
He's so pretty! Thank you for spotlighting this important piece of American culture! Beautiful!
The history of this are the Maroons. Many people do not know that. The Indian dress and garb is a direct respect to Maroons which is why when they Honored Louie Armstrong he said it was the greatest honor he ever received in his entire life. He knew that was pure Respect and Louie was a hella rebel even though he didn't act like it to many of his own people. My grandfather would drop everything in his career for any Zulu Tribal meeting and travel with no questions asked when they held a council.
When are we gonna realize as a collective that WE ARE THEM INDIANS!!! We never died off. We let them colonizers make us think we all came off the boat when we was ALWAYS here.
@Gary Hunt It’s true. Most people in the South who have been here since colonial times have some Native ancestry. My family (the non Native side) has been here since the 1600s and the Native side has been here for thousands of years obviously. I have Meherrin and Saponi ancestry on my mom’s side. I also have East Indian from an indentured servant who came over in the early 1600s. My dad’s grandmother had Montauk blood. I’ve traced my lineage to 1380 AD on that side and I know that I am from the Turtle clan. A friend of mine from New Orleans has ancestry from the Houma tribe.
@Gary Hunt Oh ok, I thought you were saying that African Americans couldn't have Native ancestry. I claim my Native Ancestry just as much as my African and European ancestry.
@Gary Hunt Agreed
love this
YES!!!!!!!!! I say the same thing!
His bead work is incredible! This is amazing!
I just want to hug them 🥺❤
Such a rich history deeply rooted in both African and Native culture, borne out of oppression. The beading, the roles (Chief, spy boy , etc.), the chanting, all of it very significant and the passing down of the tradition from one generation to another also very important. Good piece.
This is so beautiful!!!!!!
yo, you should check out "Treme", by the creators of the wire. It details life in New Orleans after Katrina and Mardi Gras Indians play a crucial part in it.
Wow he does AMAZING WORK!
Salute
Da INJUN WAY 🤞🏼🩸🧬🌎 🏹 🥁⚜💜💚💛
Beautiful work
This was beautiful
PRETTY.
I love it
Becate Batiste is one of the original as far as history has stated to be one of the first to start masking creole wild west on st Anthony in the 7th ward great uncle of my chief Tootie Montana
Do they save these suits in a museum somewhere? I hope they keep them all.
Yes. There’s a restaurant that caters on I believe it’s Rampart Street. I went to a wedding there and downstairs was lots of they were the suits worn. All hand made. You will see some of these Indians out for tourist to take pictures with in the French quarter, but they still perform
I just looked it up and it’s on Conti Street. If it wasn’t destroyed and Katrina it’s still here. There’s a big tradition. And one thing that a lot of people are surprised about is the Mardi Gras Indians are black as a rule. I’ve read that they do it to pay homage to the Indians who helped them escape slavery
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Rebel against Cavemen & their LIES!🏹🏹🏹
Rebel against the folk that can’t make pyramids.
@@lelandgaunt9985
The pyramids in the Sphinx
were built in the 1920s
-it’s tourist attractions💡
Tryreading a book.
Not that your sentence makes any sense anyhow.
Maybe you should’ve wrote it
in Ukrainian language
-where you’re from💡
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Moist and spongy.
@@lelandgaunt9985
Whatever that means🤡🙄
@@og-greenmachine8623
Moist
Let us follow them
We Don't Have Indigenous American In Our Genealogy, That's Who We Are...It Definitely Ain't Those Pale Faces On The Reservations.
what do you mean?
Yeah what do you mean. You think we came from here that’s a laugh..
Some of us are mixed with them.
Can’t be honest on pale face media
or they wouldn’t show it.
Whites live on lies💡
I am so tired of y'all. There are West African tribes that paint their face and have feathers for masquerade. But y'all don't know the history so you try to steal someone else's. Smh
Never know
These people are aboriginals. I read an article with theories about the history of the Mardi Gras Indians saying they black peoples honoring natives who saved them from slavery. I call bull 💩! Why would a group of people design costume with this level of craftsmanship, go through this level of work, secrets meetings and whatnot just to honor another group that don’t even exist anymore?
These people are the aboriginal “Indians” PERIOD
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Inspring
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To each their own. I don’t particularly think the orange is any good as a president but you are entitled to do whatever you want when it comes to endorsing or electing.... They know what is going on always two face to a coin 🤷🏽♀️
My Neighborhood, literally. almost passed in front my house
Less Geaux Giz!!!