Field Report: 2019 Downtown Mardi Gras Indians Super Sunday

2019 Downtown Mardi Gras Indians Super Sunday

What happens if you throw a Super Sunday party and no Mardi Gras Indians show up?

2019 Downtown Mardi Gras Indians Super Sunday

This past weekend was supposed to be a meeting of the tribes for New Orleans Mardi Gras Indians but when it came time for the parade to roll there was only one Indian frantically dressing as the procession got started.

2019 Downtown Mardi Gras Indians Super Sunday

On a stormy Sunday we wouldn’t risk ruining a suit we’d spent a thousand hours creating either.

2019 Downtown Mardi Gras Indians Super Sunday

It got a little better as the crowd picked up steam but we wandered off to the Original Big 7 second line where thousands of people had gathered to celebrate Mother’s Day.