Mardi Gras Indians spend months preparing hand-sewn suits
Every year, on Mardi Gras morning, something extraordinary emerges from the backstreets of New Orleans groups of Black revelers most tourists will never see. They call themselves Mardi Gras Indians, or Black Masking Indians, and they roam the city’s neighborhoods in dazzling, hand-sewn suits. The tradition dates to the 1800s as a way to honor […]



