Splendiferous! No other word can adequately describe the incredible feathered, beaded and sequined costumes of New Orleans' Mardi Gras Indians. Each one of these masterpieces takes countless hours, a full year, and an extraordinary dedication of time and resources to complete.
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Standing from 10 to 15 feet tall and almost as wide, hundreds of various-sized pieces of fabric are painstakingly handsewn and covered with thousands of feathers, beads and sequins. Costumes can cost from hundreds of dollars up to $10,000 each to create.
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Standing from 10 to 15 feet tall and almost as wide, hundreds of various-sized pieces of fabric are painstakingly handsewn and covered with thousands of feathers, beads and sequins. Costumes can cost from hundreds of dollars up to $10,000 each to create.
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Reporter Parry Gettelman states, "Viewing a photograph of an Indian 'suit'...is like admiring the Venus de Milo on a postage stamp. You have to see the Indian plumage in life-size 3-D ". He's right.
Kumbuka African Drum & Dance Collective - scroll down for the pictures
http://kumbukaafricandance.com/_wsn/page7.html
Needle & Thread, Beads and Feathers - 2 1/2 minute News Video
http://www.nbc15online.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoid=244595@video.wpmi.com&navCatId=78
Mardi Gras Garb Isn't Easy to Craft
http://www.austin360.com/arts/content/recreation/stories/xl/2007/12/1227xlrec.html
Mardi Gras Tribes Ready to Suit Up
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-01-10-mardigrastribes_N.htm
A Short History of the Mardi Gras Indians of New Orleans
by Willie W. Clark, Jr.
by Willie W. Clark, Jr.
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