Photos: Baby Dolls and Black Masking Indian tribes take to the streets on Mardi Gras Day
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As tradition, Baby Dolls and Black Masking Indian tribes showed off their suites and paraded on the streets of New Orleans on Mardi Gras Day.
The Spirit of Fi-Yi-Yi Victor Harris, Big Chief of the Mandingo Warriors, came out from to show off his last suit after 5 decades of masking. He is passing on the torch to his son, Victor Harris, Jr.
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Victor Harris, left, the big chief of the Mandingo Warriors, the Spirit of Fi-Yi-Yi, comes out for the last time with his Victor Harris, Jr. who will be the next Big Chief, outside the Backstreet Cultural Center on Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. (Photo by Sophia Germer, The Times-Picayune)
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N'awlins D'awlins Baby Dolls get ready to take to the streets from the Dew Drop Inn on Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. (Photo by Sophia Germer, The Times-Picayune)
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N'awlins D'awlins Baby Dolls get ready to take to the streets from the Dew Drop Inn on Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. (Photo by Sophia Germer, The Times-Picayune)
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N'awlins D'awlins Baby Dolls get ready to take to the streets from the Dew Drop Inn on Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. (Photo by Sophia Germer, The Times-Picayune)
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N'awlins D'awlins Baby Dolls get ready to take to the streets from the Dew Drop Inn on Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. (Photo by Sophia Germer, The Times-Picayune)
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Promyse Walston, 5, gets ready to dance with the N'awlins D'awlins Baby Dolls from the Dew Drop Inn on Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. (Photo by Sophia Germer, The Times-Picayune)
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Baby Doll Kit, Carol Harris, leaves the Dew Drop Inn to take to the streets on Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. (Photo by Sophia Germer, The Times-Picayune)
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One Shot Brass Band performs as the N'awlins D'awlins Baby Dolls take to the streets from the Dew Drop Inn on Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. (Photo by Sophia Germer, The Times-Picayune)
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N'awlins D'awlins Baby Dolls Grand Marshal Christian Waltson, 3, walks down Lasalle on Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. (Photo by Sophia Germer, The Times-Picayune)
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N'awlins D'awlins Baby Dolls dance down Lasalle street on Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. (Photo by Sophia Germer, The Times-Picayune)
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Treme Million Dollar Baby Dolls dance past the Backstreet Cultural Museum on Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. (Photo by Sophia Germer, The Times-Picayune)
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Ricky "Spyboy Ricky" Gettridge sings behind Baby Doll Joell Lee outside the Backstreet Cultural Museum on Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. (Photo by Sophia Germer, The Times-Picayune)
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Spy Boy Polite, of the Mandingo Warriors, comes out of the Backstreet Cultural Museum on Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. (Photo by Sophia Germer, The Times-Picayune)
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Big Queen Kelly Boles, of the Black Osceolas Black Masking Indians tribe, walks through the Treme neighborhood on Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. (Photo by Sophia Germer, The Times-Picayune)
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Big Chief Z, of the Black Osceolas, parades on Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. (Photo by Sophia Germer, The Times-Picayune)
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Baby Dolls dance through the Treme neighborhood on Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. (Photo by Sophia Germer, The Times-Picayune)
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Vintage Inherited Baby Dolls dance through the Treme neighborhood on Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. (Photo by Sophia Germer, The Times-Picayune)
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Dianne HonorŽ, of the Black Storyville Baby Dolls, dances outside the Backstreet Cultural Museum in the Treme neighborhood on Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. (Photo by Sophia Germer, The Times-Picayune)
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Nine Times Social Aid and Pleasure Club dance behind slow moving cars in the Treme neighborhood on Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. (Photo by Sophia Germer, The Times-Picayune)
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Wild Man of the Mandingo Warriors moves around a decorated alligator hide to get the crowd to back up before Big Chief Victor Harris moves out for the last time from the Backstreet Cultural Museum on Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. (Photo by Sophia Germer, The Times-Picayune)
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The Mandingo Warriors Black Masking Indian tribe leave the Backstreet Cultural Museum on Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. (Photo by Sophia Germer, The Times-Picayune)
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Victor Harris, Jr., the next Big Chief of the Mandingo Warriors Black Masking Indian tribe, leaves the Backstreet Cultural Museum on Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. (Photo by Sophia Germer, The Times-Picayune)
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Victory Harris, left, the Big Chief of the Mandingo Warriors, the Spirit of Fi-Yi-Yi, leaves the Backstreet Cultural Museum to take to the streets on Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. (Photo by Sophia Germer, The Times-Picayune)
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Victory Harris, left, the Big Chief of the Mandingo Warriors, the Spirit of Fi-Yi-Yi, and Big Queen Cinnamon Black come out of the Backstreet Cultural Museum on Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. (Photo by Sophia Germer, The Times-Picayune)
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Mandingo Warriors Big Queen Cinnamon Black take to the Treme neighborhood streets on Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. (Photo by Sophia Germer, The Times-Picayune)
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Eight-month-old twins Cairo and Egypt Humble wear beaded clothes on Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. (Photo by Sophia Germer, The Times-Picayune)
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The 9th Ward Seminoles Black Masking Indian tribe Big Chief Keitoe Jones walks down Claiborne Ave. on Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. (Photo by Sophia Germer, The Times-Picayune)
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Darryl Montana, the former Big Chief of the Yellow Pocahontas Black Masking Indians tribe greets the 9th Ward Seminoles on Claiborne Ave. on Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. (Photo by Sophia Germer, The Times-Picayune)
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The 9th Ward Seminoles Black Masking Indian tribe Big Chief Keitoe Jones walks down Claiborne Ave. on Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. (Photo by Sophia Germer, The Times-Picayune)
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The 9th Ward Seminoles Black Masking Indian tribe Big Chief Keitoe Jones and his great niece Little Queen Zia Brumfield, 9, walk on Claiborne Ave. on Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. (Photo by Sophia Germer, The Times-Picayune)
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