Title

Interview with Mystic Medicine Man, Who Runs Medicine for the Golden Feather Hunters Tribe.

Authors

Kim Vaz-Deville, Xavier University of LouisianaFollow
Lexcie Thomas, Xavier University of LouisianaFollow

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Description

Video interview of Mystic Medicine Man by Kim Vaz-Deville. The Mystic Medicine Man talks about the Black masking tradition, which is retained from the slavery days. He explains that the Medicine Man is a lost position in the present time with the Mardi Gras indians. He also talks about the influence of African cutlure and Haitian culture and also about designing mardi gras indian suit incorporating themes such as love and war.

Publication Date

1-1-2020

Publisher

Xavier University of Louisiana

City

New Orleans, Louisiana

Keywords

Mardi Gras Indians, New Orleans, Mardi Gras Indian suits

Disciplines

Arts and Humanities | Digital Humanities | Social and Cultural Anthropology

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.

Comments

Filmed and edited by Lexcie Thomas.

Produced and directed by Kim Vaz-Deville.

Time: 22 minutes

Recommended Citation

Vaz-Deville, Kim and Thomas, Lexcie, "Interview with Mystic Medicine Man, Who Runs Medicine for the Golden Feather Hunters Tribe." (2020). Mystery in Motion: African American Spirituality in Mardi Gras. 10.
https://digitalcommons.xula.edu/masked/10