Journey To Nawlins, Chapter XV : Wild Injuns Down In New Orleans* (The Wild Tchoupitoulas, Bo Dollis & The Wild Magnolias, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, Donald Harrison Jr & Congo Square Nation, Chief Adjuah & the Xodokan Nation of Maroons, And Many More...)

Flamboyant Black Masked Indians

Mardi Gras Indians are probably the most exotic and picturesque element of New Orleans unique cultural traditions. Actually the term “Mardi Gras Indians” is not used by those it designates. They rather call themselves “Black Indians” or “Masked Indians” or “Black Masked Indians”/”Black Masking Indians”, “masking” meaning dressed in personally hand-crafted costume.