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The Creole State Exhibit Artifacts: Duralde Creole Mardi Gras, 1985
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Duralde Creole Mardi Gras, 1985
Duralde Creole Mardi Gras, 1985

The Creole Mardi Gras band from Duralde walks to the next house. Note that several wear "white face", one of the many ways that the Mardi Gras runners dress as "the other" and turn the world upside down for a day.

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Photo: Nicholas R. Spitzer


 
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