The Big Whoop; Tribes' Carry On; a Mardi Gras Tradition
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel › February 28, 2006
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New Orleans While hordes of bead-begging parade-goers lined picturesque St. Charles Ave. to holler at Sunday night's Bacchus and Endymion floats, a rickety tavern in a gritty neighborhood a few blocks away throbbed with raucous, sweaty joy.
The Mardi Gras Indians, whose annual rites are among black New Orleans' most cherished traditions, have survived Hurricane Katrina.See the full content of this document
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The Big Whoop; Tribes' Carry On; a Mardi Gras Tradition
"I come back in time for Mardi Gras," declared Derek Beard, warming up for an evening of singing, dancing, chanting and taunting at the clandestine rehearsal for Fat Tuesd...
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