In the 1950's Zulu member's road on little horse or mule drawn wagons with hay .......You chased them....you searched them down ....There was no set route.......I remember catching up with a small wagon(float) at N. Claiborne and Esplanade heading towards N. Galvez.......That was the Mistique of it all........N.Claiborne was the place to be on Mardi Gras........What sweet memories !!!!! Early Mardi Gras morning hearing the beat of the Indians making their rounds to the neighborhood bars in the 7th ward........I remember how I felt my heart race to hear the beat and chants of the Mardi gras Indians early in the morning approaching in the distance while standing on my family's front porche.....near corner of Duels and St Anthony Streets......Beautiful costumes but by end of the day after making their rounds.... getting their shots of alcohol at every bar (totally plastered)......those beautiful costumes were shreds and dirty from rainey or wet day.... Remember streets were not paved back then....but it was a statement that those guys had the time off their lives..... shortly after they started the ritual all over again making new costumes for the following year........Now Year 2017 the practice continues.........

@lxprecords

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your post!!! You have me remembering a Zulu float rolling down my street when I was a child! Totally unexpected, but mu Uncle used to be a Zulu, and they probably came on my street just because of him..............

@celesterob7068

6 жыл бұрын

lxprecords I had the privilege to ride on year with a host of family and friends....The Merry Makers group.....I/we had the time of our lives.......There was a white reporter from out of town that rode on our float to do her story.......I believe she was under the impression that all blacks in NOLA were uneducated, poor and on welfare......She said something about how were we able to afford $$$$$$ to ride ? (This was in the mid 1980's).......I love to correct ignorance.......So I enlightened her...........I said to her..... all who are riding our float are working upper/ middle class......Some relatives local and from out of town owned their own businesses......Electrician, Registered Nurse ,School teacher ,Telephone company worker ,Bricklayer .........If I remember correctly.... it cost $350 for the ride ,grass skirt and vest /top ,wig...and the Merry Makers after 5 dance.......That year because of a insurance dispute no coconuts were allowed..( I miss not having that experience for decorating and handing coconuts out)...I purchased throws and collected some from family and friends that they caught from other parades.... We were told to hold throws for the end of the parade.... around Lafitte Project on Orleans Ave......But being my first time I went buck wild from the start at Jackson Ave.....All I could see were heads/ screaming faces and hands...We had a double decker float..I was on top able to view everything !!!..By the time we turned to Canal Street have way down I was begging for throws from fellow riders......I spent nearly $1500 on throws .....With trows I bought and others given to me I had about 15 giant garbage bags full........ I should have listened to experienced riders who knew to space the throwing time to have enough for Orleans Ave....Iam near 70 years old now........and you know what ......I can't pitch as far.........but boy!!!!!!!! I would love to ride with the Zulus again........There's nothing to compare to riding with the historic Zulus........One Mo Time !!!!!!!! Just One Mo Time !!!!!! I Love New Orleans !!!!!!!!!

@akibalan2861

5 жыл бұрын

thank you

@latanyavaughan2439

5 жыл бұрын

Celeste, thank you for eloquently describing such wonderful memories! I have always loved New Orleans and the culture. Was hoping to go to Mardi Gras for my 40th birthday this year, but who knows what the day may hold. Thank you once again!

All the Gods & Nature Too ~ They love & endow New Orleans.What a BEAUTIFUL film! ty

@AlisonWild

7 жыл бұрын

Drumline!

I’m from mobile Alabama shout out to New Orleans 👍🏽

@Khatholikapodcast

5 жыл бұрын

It would be great if they could invite the Zulu King to commemorate along with them this day.

@jpat989

5 жыл бұрын

Me too. Toulminville

NOLA y'all are some magical people. ❤❤❤

@MarshellForman

5 жыл бұрын

❤

@firstnamelastname7479

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Hope you get a chance to come on down one day

@mermaidtales1398

4 жыл бұрын

You gots to believe it baby Yas we do

@tirrellwilson1390

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!!!

my fav mardi gras parade! see yall in a few days

GREAT VIDEO THANKS!!!! SO CLEAR!!!

My favorite parade ever I was across the street from where you was filming it on your right .

I've been going to mardi gras my whole life! I have never gone to the zulu or rex parade! I would very much like to go this year 💜💚💛

@firstnamelastname7479

5 жыл бұрын

You from New Orleans?

@nicolette0266

3 жыл бұрын

There is no breast flashing.....so stick to mardi gras. Don't come and destroy this TRADITION.❤

Someday I'd very much like to get down there for this.

@mariamusicmaria327

6 жыл бұрын

I went this year for the first time and I am COMPLETELY hooked! New Orleans is an amazingly beautiful city FULL of history and culture. I loved it and I love the people I met from there. I can't wait until next year!

@lisacraft9929

5 жыл бұрын

You'd like it, but remember, it gets a little wild in the French Quarter. More family type parades all over the rest of the city. Once they had a float like a large cooking pot with a giant lobster and six chefs in it. One chef was drunk and fell out of the pot!

@firstnamelastname7479

5 жыл бұрын

@@mariamusicmaria327 I am glad you enjoyed your time here. I know living here it's so weird to imagine living where this doesn't happen. What was you favorite part?

@mariamusicmaria327

5 жыл бұрын

My favorite part was collecting more coconuts than everybody on the block I was on. LOL. I didn't know the tradition with the coconuts or that they are the "prize" that everyone tries to get. The very first float, one of the Zulus walked up to me and told me he'd give me one if I took a selfie with him. From that moment on I got one from almost every float. I had a trash bag full of them by the end of the parade!

@peachesncakes

2 жыл бұрын

Did you ever go? Highly recommend

ZULU PARADE ALWAYZ ,🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Wow that's awesome👍👍👍

This is why I didn't want to move to a different state because of Mardi Gras

WHAT A PARADE NICE!!

aaawww yaaa!!!!

Que hermoso me encanta

I miss these days and time I am so tired of wearing a mask.

Hi. Visiting for carnival this year. Which location did you watch the Zulu parade from? Thanks.

I went to Zulu I got like 21 coconuts

I would like to use some of this footage in a film. Can I send you a email with details?

Hello sir.. I have been enjoying your video it's wonderful specially this Mardi Grass. This year upcoming Mardi gras I would like to see . So please send me any details . Do I need get pass or book the ticket to watch festival from road.

I went, I did not see this,looks like Esplande Ave..So they are in route after Mardi Gras in New Orleans...I met a guy or dude..and some people from Louisiana and other states, possibly other countries...I can not sleep, because of inaccurate results in the past. I have people within oathes, past Louisiana residents and Krewe members...

can any one tell me the name of the team dancing Spanish music? they are shown at 28:46

I'm a Zulu from KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, can someone explain this Parade of

@Joygirl827

5 жыл бұрын

This is a parade.What do you think about This?

@akibalan2861

5 жыл бұрын

My family is Zulu. We had a story passed down by word of mouth since slavery. The story was told before someone very old was to die. I was told this story telling by word of mouth was a south African tradition. My family is from North Carolina and moved to Philadelphia. I never met anyone other than my family who was born American but also Zulu until I relocated to New Orleans. This is the only US city that has a Zulu culture. My family was sent into slavery in America by the Germans who were angry that we did not readily give up the formula for making steel which had been invented by Zulu. Shaka Zulu was known for having spears that could not break. Because the Germans sent us to America instead of back to Africa, America got the steel industry first. This parade keeps alive a lost family history that we share in this awesome city and is a faint remembrance of who we are, where we came from, and perhaps where some of us may one day return.

@Khatholikapodcast

5 жыл бұрын

@@akibalan2861 So you mean these people are actual relatives of the Zulu people on KwaZulu Natal, South African?

@akibalan2861

5 жыл бұрын

@@Khatholikapodcast I can"t think of any other reason for the name of Zulu and Shaka Zulu having this much presence in an American city based can you? Americans in other cities did not allow any sign of African culture but it may have been overlooked here or welcomed because of tourism. I do not know but what I do know is that Zulu are a strong and surviving nation.

@akibalan2861

5 жыл бұрын

@@Khatholikapodcast We must have been sold in Louisiana.

Sound like a bunch of Scare Tactics

I believe I see someone that I know on the Witch Doctor Float.

is this New Orleans ? looks like an amazing parade .

@lxprecords

7 жыл бұрын

yes. It's New Orleans.

@kodit7951

7 жыл бұрын

lookin throh video on different part of the Mississippi , as I am not american .... I declare New Orleans seems to be the best part :))))))) Everyone seems so nice there

@bobbythotimus1184

6 жыл бұрын

new orleans is just one big parade

@firstnamelastname7479

5 жыл бұрын

@@kodit7951 I hope you get a chance to come down one day! The only advice I can give is not to liter. We find it's always the tourist who throw trash on the ground.

was karr in this parade?

Adx ..."1 LOvE"x

anyone know this exact street? do the streets changed every year?

@hallbria0197

5 жыл бұрын

route neva change. its been like this since my parents was lil

Having my girl KZread having my girl

Crop over in America

SHIDD WANNA B SCARED? RUN UP ON ONE OF DEM ZULUS!! N U WILL B SHOOK!! LOL DEY B BEAUTIFUL BUT DEY CAN SCARE DA SHIT OUT HA!!!!; 👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑 DAZ OUR KINGZ N QUEENZ OF MARDI GRAZ!!!!! LOL

JACKSON AVE👑👑👑👑👑👑 MY HOOD!! 🖤🐊🎭🔥👑👑🎭🐊🐊🥾🥾🍷 🍽️🍽️🍽️🍽️🍽️🍽️🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋

The camera man is pitiful!!

True natives

Oh Lord there go TALANASTY,,,LOL

All white Marine Band....hmmm

@lesterjeanpierre4343

5 жыл бұрын

You are complaining about an all white marine band, while these fools parade around in black face.mmmmm

@nanjemoyal-kursi3078

5 жыл бұрын

@@lesterjeanpierre4343 * Black face because they are the aborigine/Indian. White people are not aborigine Indian to this land.

@SoloTravelerOffTheBeatenPath

4 жыл бұрын

Is it their fault that black people don’t want to join the Marines?

@nicolette0266

3 жыл бұрын

@@lesterjeanpierre4343 go count your the racist wrinkles on your white face. Keep yourself busy.