White Eagles Mardi Gras Indians: My Big Chief's Got the Golden Crown (1982)

Big Chief Jake Millon and the White Eagles Mardi Gras Indians rehearse "My Big Chief's Got the Golden Crown" at Darrell's Lounge, 7th Ward, New Orleans. Shot by Alan Lomax and crew, May 1982. For more information about the American Patchwork filmwork, Alan Lomax, and his collections, visit http://culturalequity.org. [01.10.03]

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Music

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• Mardi Gras Indians
• New Orleans music
• 7th Ward
• Big Chief
• Alan Lomax
• American Patchwork
• spyboy

[HippyHappy70]

It reminds me a little of the parties at some towns of the Venezuelan coast

[elohim70]

Africans would play congos, kalimbas( thumb pianos), tamborines, small flutes and trumpets Congo Square it's syncapathed beats, dances, and music is the genesis of Jazz music and is responsible largely for the Very African culture of New Orleans including our secondlines, Jazz funerals and the Mardi Gras Indain culture. Iko Iko Ade is a song from the Youraba people of Nigeria Iko meaning Golden, and Ade meaning Crown.

[elohim70]

The Golden Crown a song derived from the song Iko Iko Ade which is Youraba people of Southwest Nigeria for "Golden Crown" arrived in New Orleans in the 1700, and 1800's during the Spanish and French rule has been sung for centuries by blacks in New Orleans. Deriving from the songs and dances at Congo Square in New Orleans where enslaved Africans from areas of Senegal, Gambia, Benin, Togo, Nigeria ,Congo and Angola where allowed to gather on Sundays sing and dance as they would have in Africa .

[streakofchalk]

this is amazing. lucky to even see this. i got goosebumps man like the first time i heard indian red by danny barker & baby dodds

[Liberaljamoke]

Shows how the culture of Africa was able to survive in some ways in the US in areas that had large black populations. The rythms are reminiscent of tribal rythums in parts of Africa.

It reminds me of how celtic songs and ballads were preserved in the Appalachians even after they had died out in much of Britain.

[GuyInZeeCorner]

My favorite video on this channel. The sheer energy generated from this group of people with just a a bunch of tambourines is staggering. God, I wish I could have been there.

[triggablakk29]

Chawa Make No Hun Bow I'm The Spy Boy (Trigga) from Way Downtown (Seminole's) This is like Heaven on earth seeing people that's now in the Hall of Fame now for being An Mardi Gras Indian, In their prime doing what they do best!!! Big Cheif Rudy, Joe Pete, Tootie Got a Golden Crown!!!