Final Respects for Beloved Big Chief

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Published on: July 18th, 2011

A week of ceremony culminated this Saturday, July 16, with funeral services and a memorial second line for BIg Chief Lionel Delpit of the Blackfeather Mardi Gras indians.

Indians from Uptown, Downtown and across the canal, plus members of the Sudan, Revolution, Original Big 9 and other Social Aid & Pleasure Clubs, along with various community members, came to pay their respects.

All pictures courtesy of Joe Stern, Skeleton Man, Golden Eagles Mardi Gras Indians,© 2011.

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