Backstreet Cultural Museum keeps culture of Mardi Gras Indians alive
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The suits are heavy and the cost of finding the parts to make them is considerable. This suit here, for example, is 130 pounds, according to Robert.
But Robert said come time to suit up, neither the cost nor the weight is on their mind.
”You paid all that time and money, you ain’t worried about no weight.”
