Events › Songs & History of the Mardi Gras Indians

Join YAH Teaching Artist Joseph Dixon for this free performance at Parker Williams Library. This interactive musical performance introduces participants the history of the Mardi Gras Indian tribes of New Orleans. Musician Joseph Dixon engages participants are in sing-alongs and chants of traditional call and response patterns and phrases that are still significant in contemporary music. They learn of the duties of the Big Chief, Flag Boy, and Spy Boy and the roles they play during their walk on Mardi Gras day and Saint Joseph’s Night while also experiencing opportunities to accompany the artist with music-making while singing traditional songs, such as “Indian Red” and “Iko Iko.”