Title

Interview with Victor Harris, Big Chief "Fi Yi Yi" and the Mandingo Warriors.

Authors

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

Files

Description

Vidoe interview with Victor Harris by Kim Vaz-Deville. Victor Harris, Big Chief of "FI Yi Yi" and Mandingo Warriors. He talked about bringing the tradition of Africa to masking, the name of the group, his history with Mardi Gras Indian masking, and African American culture in New Orleans.

Publication Date

3-2019

Publisher

Xavier University of Louisiana

City

New Orleans

Keywords

Mardi Gras Indians, African American culture, New Orleans, Masking

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: 58 Minutes.

Recommended Citation

Vaz-Deville, Kim and Thomas, Lexcie, "Interview with Victor Harris, Big Chief "Fi Yi Yi" and the Mandingo Warriors." (2019). Mystery in Motion: African American Spirituality in Mardi Gras. 22.
https://digitalcommons.xula.edu/masked/22