Hear Action Jackson's interview with Big Chief Donald Harrison.
Sunday, March 19, 2017 - 7:00pm
At sunset on March 19, the Mardi Gras Indians don their elaborate suits of beads and feathers in neighborhoods throughout New Orleans and play out ritual confrontations with song and dance.
View photos from recent St. Joseph's Nights, 2012-2016, in the image gallery below and hear Action Jackson's interview with Big Chief Donald Harrison of the Congo Square Afro-New Orleans Cultural Group.
St. Joseph's Night
Fi-Yi-Yi on Saint Joseph's Night in New Orleans 2014. Photo by Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee www.rhrphoto.com
Monogram Hunters 2nd Chief Jeremy Stevenson wander downtown on St. Joseph's Night on March 19, 2016. Photo by Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee www.rhrphoto.com
Monogram Hunters 2nd Chief Jeremy Stevenson and 3rd Chief Dump (pink) wander downtown on St. Joseph's Night on March 19, 2016. Photo by Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee www.rhrphoto.com
Monogram Hunters Big Chief Pie (right) meets another Big Chief on Saint Joseph's Night in New Orleans 2014. Photo by Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee www.rhrphoto.com
Fi-Yi-Yi and the 9th Ward Mandingo Warriors dancing in the streets on Saint Joseph's Night 2013. by Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee (http://rhrphoto.com/)
Fi-Yi-Yi and the 9th Ward Mandingo Warriors Big Chief Victor Harris on Saint Joseph's Night 2013. by Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee (http://rhrphoto.com/)
Young Generation Wild Man Wayn Jaurnee (left) and 2nd Chief Donald Lewis on Saint Joseph's Night 2013. by Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee (http://rhrphoto.com/)
St Joseph's Night. March 19, 2012. Photo by Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee. rhrphoto.com
Big Chief David Montana of Washitaw Nation Mardi Gras Indians. St Joseph's Night. March 19, 2012. Photo by Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee. rhrphoto.com
St Joseph's Night. March 19, 2012. Photo by Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee. rhrphoto.com
01- Monogram Hunters Big Chief Pie gets ready for Saint Joseph's Night in New Orleans on March 19, 2018. photo by Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee RHRphoto.com
02 - Monogram Hunters 2nd Chief Jeremy "Blaze" Stevenson and his father Big Chief Tyrone "Pie" Stevenson out during Saint Joseph's Night in New Orleans on March 19, 2018. photo by Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee RHRphoto.com
03 - Monogram Hunters Big Chief Pie meets Yellow Pocahontas Queen Gina Montana during Saint Joseph's Night in New Orleans on March 19, 2018. photo by Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee RHRphoto.com
04 - Young Indians of the Nation during Saint Joseph's Night in New Orleans on March 19, 2018. photo by Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee RHRphoto.com
06 - Creole Wild West Queen Rukia meets Creole Osceolas Flag Queen Kelly (yellow) during Saint Joseph's Night in New Orleans on March 19, 2018. photo by Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee RHRphoto.com
05 - Red Flame Hunters during Saint Joseph's Night in New Orleans on March 19, 2018. photo by Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee RHRphoto.com
07 - Creole Osceolas out downtown during Saint Joseph's Night in New Orleans on March 19, 2018. photo by Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee RHRphoto.com
09 - In front of Kermit's Mother-In-Law Lounge on Saint Joseph's Night in New Orleans on March 19, 2018. photo by Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee RHRphoto.com
08 - Fi-Yi-Yi Big Queen Kim and Big Chief Victor Harris on Saint Joseph's Night in New Orleans on March 19, 2018. photo by Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee RHRphoto.com
2nd & Dryades on St Joseph's Night 2013. Photo by Melanie Merz.
- WWOZ
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