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| Image © 2008, Matthew Hinton || Chief Fiyo of the 7th Ward Hard Headhunters, Otto Dejan, leads the casket of 7th Ward resident Barbara Sparks, the pre-eminent Mardi Gras Indian Big Queen, at a funeral held Saturday July 26, 2008 at Charbonnet-Labat Funeral Home, 1615 St. Philip St. in New Orleans. Sparks died Sunday of heart failure at her home in the 7th Ward. She was 64. |
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These photographs are from the Mardi Gras Indian funeral for Big Queen Barbara Sparks who died from heart failure at age 64. The photos were taken in the Treme neighborhood of New Orleans, La.
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"Mardi Gras Indian Funeral"
Chief Fiyo of the 7th Ward Hard Headhunters, Otto Dejan, leads the casket of 7th Ward resident Barba... |
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"Mardi Gras Indian Funeral"
Surrounded by other Indians, a Mardi Gras Queen bows her head as the casket of Barbara Sparks passes... |
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"Mardi Gras Indian Funeral"
Friends and family of Barbara Sparks sing and dance with tambourines at her funeral. |
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"Mardi Gras Indian Funeral"
Creole Wild West Flag Boy Robert Stevenson stops traffic on Claiborne and St. Philip St. by the I-10... |
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"Mardi Gras Indian Funeral"
David Montana, second chief of the Yellow Pocahontas Mardi Gras Indians, dances and sings at the fun... |
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"Mardi Gras Indian Funeral"
Irving "Honey" Banister Jr., Gang Flag of the Creole Wild West, tears up after visiting th... |
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"Mardi Gras Indian Funeral"
Mardi Gras Indians, friends, and family touch the casket of Barbara Sparks. |
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"Mardi Gras Indian Funeral"
David Montana, second chief of the Yellow Pocahontas Mardi Gras Indians, dances to the sound of tamb... |
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"Mardi Gras Indian Funeral"
Littdell Banister waves as the casket of Barbara Sparks passes by on Claiborne Ave. Banister was fri... |
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"Mardi Gras Indian Funeral"
Jennifer Jones leads a second line that formed and marched down St. Philip St. to the Treme Center a... |
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