The Wild Magnolias are a Mardi Gras Indian tribe who also record and play as a funk musical act from New Orleans, Louisiana.
The Wild Magnolias at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, 2006
Mardi Gras Indians are African American carnival revelers in New Orleans, Louisiana, who dress up for Mardi Gras in suits influenced by Native American ceremonial apparel.
Mardi Gras Indians gathering along Bayou St. John for "Super Sunday" 1991
Chief and members of the "Yellow Pocahontas" tribe, St. Joseph's Day, 1942
Mardi Gras Indian getting ready
Uptown Mardi Gras Indians Encounter on Mardi Gras Day