This video is fantastic. Whoever shot and edited this and the full length with the voice over created a really amazing piece of art showcasing some amazing people.
Thanks! We agree! Filmmaker Victoria Rivera shot the original documentary and worked with us so we could create a short version for our Mardi Gras campaign in 2019. You can see a longer version of the film here: ua-cam.com/video/A4vSU9c5h88/v-deo.html
I heard of these awsome people when I read Ann Rice's book series: Mayfair Witches. Now I saw them on Episode 2 of the series on netflix. They are wonderful keeping up their tradition since 1819! I hope to go to Mardi Gras in New Orleans in a few years and will sure to visit the Backstreet Cultural Museum, as well as hear and watch the Skull and Bone Gang play and dance!
Interesting and fun club. I'm not new to the history of Mardi Gras in the US Gulf ports, but I've never found any first hand material in newspapers on such a procession in 1819 through later in the nineteenth century. First I heard of it was back in the bicentennial of the Louisiana Purchase 2003 when New Orleans was abuzz with attempts to do historic things after that year passed. This being one that that was recreated or created before Katrina hit. Another being the Canary Island clubs. I only seem to find references of claims to it's antiquity in NOLA PR sites and claims by the current club itself and its founder. Are there any newspaper accounts or diaries before 1830 that list it as a Mardi Gras activity? Most Mardi Gras activity was sparse or had completely died out between the 1760s and 1830s in the two old French cities as France lost North America. Just curious.
This video is fantastic. Whoever shot and edited this and the full length with the voice over created a really amazing piece of art showcasing some amazing people.
Thanks! We agree! Filmmaker Victoria Rivera shot the original documentary and worked with us so we could create a short version for our Mardi Gras campaign in 2019. You can see a longer version of the film here: ua-cam.com/video/A4vSU9c5h88/v-deo.html
I heard of these awsome people when I read Ann Rice's book series: Mayfair Witches. Now I saw them on Episode 2 of the series on netflix. They are wonderful keeping up their tradition since 1819! I hope to go to Mardi Gras in New Orleans in a few years and will sure to visit the Backstreet Cultural Museum, as well as hear and watch the Skull and Bone Gang play and dance!
Beautiful ⚜️
Love it by Mr Authur on St Phillip St
Interesting and fun club. I'm not new to the history of Mardi Gras in the US Gulf ports, but I've never found any first hand material in newspapers on such a procession in 1819 through later in the nineteenth century. First I heard of it was back in the bicentennial of the Louisiana Purchase 2003 when New Orleans was abuzz with attempts to do historic things after that year passed. This being one that that was recreated or created before Katrina hit. Another being the Canary Island clubs.
I only seem to find references of claims to it's antiquity in NOLA PR sites and claims by the current club itself and its founder. Are there any newspaper accounts or diaries before 1830 that list it as a Mardi Gras activity? Most Mardi Gras activity was sparse or had completely died out between the 1760s and 1830s in the two old French cities as France lost North America.
Just curious.
John McCusker fond new paper reports of Black Americans dressing up as skeletons as far as 1875
Do by. Mr Arthur
Skull trooper