Mardi Gras Indians singing, dancing and celebrating the life of the late Big Chief Lionel Delpit. 

This is how a real Native American get down

I love this we really of native Americans

That is what you called a real Native American

I love my city

Peace 2da NO Tribes!!! RIP Chief!!!

I love it New Orleans baby.

Classic Moment rite thea.. R.I.P. BIG CHIEF "L"!!

Among the greatest voices and Tambourine Players

@Vaga365 Glad you are enjoying my videos. Just trying to spread and teach the world about New Orleans culture.

Glad to see a new video from you. I really appreciate that you can and do share these great moments. It's so coo how the grief process is handled in NOLA.

Yes New Orleans love it

Shew fly don’t bother me! Love our American people.

Thanks so much onenawlins! Great video. Love the culture that comes from New Orleans. I would love to visit someday to see New Orleans up close.

Some real OG's rite there

So awesome I love it ❤️

Osiyo. Hello Odsa. Good Inena. Let's go UWODUHI Beautiful Hi Tsalagis. Are you Cherokee Tutsiwoni Tsalagi I speak a little Cherokee Wado. Thank you Second Generation Cherokee Third Generation Cree Family married into the Shinnecock Nation

That Tambourine ILL Like A MF 😁

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Black Masking Indians engage in battle in two ways - with words and the costume pageantry. Because this is a funeral for a chief, black indians from many tribes all over town come to pay respect. They naturally will engage in the ritual of musical chanting, even though they're not in their suits (it's cultural). What is not typical is to engage in battle at a funeral. A part of what you are witnessing is battle brewing. Again, verbal and pageantry battles happen during masking events, not usually at a funeral, but things got a little heated.

Don't cha just love um! Wild Tchoupitoulaz

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"You a pain in the ass and you make me sin." That's my best friend right there

Black people you're the real Native American of this land Aka Turtle Island copper colored races

Is this a common tradition when an indian or a big chief passes? Some of the language is pretty coarse. Is it accepted or appreciated by the others attending the funeral service? (I am just curious. I'm not being critical myself).

To the youth; these chants are infused with oral tradition. To say we are of native American descent is more than obvious and is still trying to be eradicated. To say one is black red white yellow is utterly ridiculous and is a label of ignorance. Would you label your child as a crayon.... For we all come from somewhere and we all can be proud of who we are. We are all survivors of colonialism. Know now it's not as shallow as crayons. We all have mixtures of race. Just look at the phenotypes of the olmecs . They traveled as a phoenician typed of people. Obviously using the Jetstream for a highway. The so called race concept is totally a manmade concept. This life is amazing. It's all about class, money, power. Know who you are from your heart. Speak with the elders of your family. Chahta nation / choctaw/ seminole. Everybody knows the seminoles were extremely diverse. Whatever u do don't fall for the race thing. It's simply a sociological concept.... Lord,the most high in heavenly realms that is often misunderstood, help us now!!!! "I make shallow water and give it away"...... And that's how you keep what you have.

Ain’t an Indian in the bunch.

Aren't they African-American? I see no indian here, and I can't hear no indian rhythm too ^^ but Africa 100%