Mardi Gras Indians singing, dancing and celebrating the life of the late Big Chief Lionel Delpit.

http://www.onenawlins.com For more history on this wonderful and unique culture. One City, One Love, OneNawlins!!! Mardi Gras Indians singing and mourning the life of the late Big Chief Lionel Delpit of the Black Feathers Indian tribe. The Mardi Gras Indians named themselves after native Indians to pay them respect for their assistance in escaping the tyranny of slavery. It was often local Indians who accepted slaves into their society when they made a break for freedom around early to mid 1800s. They have never forgotten this support.The chants that you hear are usually stories of the struggles in the neighborhood, violence, poverty, celebration of life or death etc,,. These chants and calls are passed down from generation to generation.