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
