Title
Interview with Tyrone Casby, Big Chief of the Mohawk Hunters and Principal of L. B. Landr-O.P. Walker College and Career Preparatory High School.
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Description
A video interview of Tyrone Casby, by Kim Vaz-Deville. Tyrone Casby is an educator from Algiers, near New Orleans and the Big Chief of Mohaw Hunters. He talked about his history with the group, significance of masking tradition, the connection to slavery and native americans, how he likes to incorporate civil rights movement and current political conditions to masking and designing mardi gras indian suits.
Publication Date
1-1-2020
Publisher
Xavier University of Louisiana.
City
New Orleans, Louisiana.
Keywords
Mardi Gras Indians, Mardi Gras Indian suits, New Orleans, African American culture
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.
Recommended Citation
Vaz-Deville, Kim and Thomas, Lexcie, "Interview with Tyrone Casby, Big Chief of the Mohawk Hunters and Principal of L. B. Landr-O.P. Walker College and Career Preparatory High School." (2020). Mystery in Motion: African American Spirituality in Mardi Gras. 11.
https://digitalcommons.xula.edu/masked/11
Comments
Filmed and edited by Lexcie Thomas.
Produced and directed by Kim Vaz-Deville.
Time: 21 minutes.