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Boy mom, MD native, Producer @60Minutes
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Mardi Gras Indians, or Black Masking Indians, spend months, thousands of dollars preparing hand-sewn suits

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By Bill Whitaker Verified, Nichole Marks Verified
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This is an updated version of a story first published on April 5, 2026. The original video can be viewed here. Every year, on Mardi Gras morning, something extraordinary emerges from the backstreets of New Orleans – groups of Black revelers most tourists will never see. They call themselves Mardi Gras Indians, or Black Masking Indians, and they roam the city's neighborhoods in dazzling, hand-sewn suits.
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Mardi Gras Indians, or Black Masking Indians, spend months, thousands of dollars preparing hand-sewn suits

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By Bill Whitaker Verified, Nichole Marks Verified
| CBS News Verified
This is an updated version of a story first published on April 5, 2026. The original video can be viewed here. Every year, on Mardi Gras morning, something extraordinary emerges from the backstreets of New Orleans – groups of Black revelers most tourists will never see. They call themselves Mardi Gras Indians, or Black Masking Indians, and they roam the city's neighborhoods in dazzling, hand-sewn suits.
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Mardi Gras Indians, or Black Masking Indians, carry on tradition in stunning, painstakingly crafted suits

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By Bill Whitaker Verified, Aliza Chasan Verified, Nichole Marks Verified
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Big Chief Demond Melancon is so devoted to making the elaborate, beaded suits he wears on Mardi Gras day that once it lost him his home. Melancon participates in New Orleans' Black Masking tradition, better known as the Mardi Gras Indians.
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