Hugh and Betty Miller

Accession No.: 
MI1-005-2

Preparing for LeJeune Cove Mardi Gras;
The structure of the Mardi Gras run;
What Mardi Gras performed at the houses;
Characters they used - Johnny Grosse Tete, the woman giving birth, and old man and old lady;
Descriptions of the costume and how they were made;
Mardi Gras truck;
Captains whip;
Tricks Mardi Gras would perform;
What the Mardi Gras did at the dance;
Women cooking the gumbo for the dance in the evening;
Group that ran in the 1930s;
Agriculture for a living;
House dances;
Brief history of running Mardi Gras in the LeJeune Cove Mardi Gras;
Costume Making;
Purchasing the screen mask.

Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Miller
Creator: 
Larry Miller
Coverage Spatial: 
Iota, LA
Publisher: 
Center for Louisiana Studies
Rights Usage: 
All rights reserved
Language: 
English
Meta Information
Digitized Date: 
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Original Format: 
Cassette
Digital Format: 
WAv
Bit Depth: 
24 bit
Sampling Rate: 
96 kHz
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore - Returned to Donor