GALLERY: Pretty Pretty! Mardi Gras Indians hit the streets for Westbank Super Sunday

GALLERY: Pretty Pretty! Mardi Gras Indians hit the streets for Westbank Super Sunday

by Matthew Hinton | April 15, 2019

After Downtown Super Sunday was cancelled and rescheduled to Mother’s Day due to weather, the sun shined bright for Westbank Super Sunday on April 14.

Here are photos from the pageantry:

Mohawk Hunters Wildman Terrus Delair takes part in the Mardi Gras Indians West Bank Super Sunday in the Algiers neighborhood in New Orleans, La. Sunday, April 14, 2019. The Mohawk Hunters are an Algiers gang / tribe and often incorporate 15 symbols in their suits to signify the 15th Ward of New Orleans. Photo by Matthew Hinton

Second Queen Tahj Williams of the Golden Eagles Mardi Gras Indians stands near the Crescent City Connection Bridges that bring traffic to the West Bank during the West Bank Super Sunday in the Algiers neighborhood in New Orleans, La. Sunday, April 14, 2019. Photo by Matthew Hinton

Wildman Chuck Walkanela of the 9th Ward Black Hatchet Mardi Gras Indians pushes back the crowd to make way for his big chief and gang during the West Bank Super Sunday in the Algiers neighborhood in New Orleans, La. Sunday, April 14, 2019. Photo by Matthew Hinton

Wildman Chuck Walkanela of the 9th Ward Black Hatchet Mardi Gras Indians takes part in the West Bank Super Sunday in the Algiers neighborhood in New Orleans, La. Sunday, April 14, 2019. Photo by Matthew Hinton

Mohawk Hunters Flag Boy Jamal Casby, left, paints the face of his son Flag Boy Zige Casby while Spy Boy Kenneth Lewis, Jr., background left, paints his son Spy Boy Kentaz Lewis before taking part in the Mardi Gras Indians West Bank Super Sunday in the Algiers neighborhood in New Orleans, La. Sunday, April 14, 2019. The Mohawk Hunters are an Algiers gang / tribe and often incorporate 15 symbols in their suits to signify the 15th Ward of New Orleans. Photo by Matthew Hinton

The suit of Mohawk Hunters Spy Boy Dow Edwards marks the 400th anniversary of slavery when Africans where taken from present-day Senegal by conquistadors. Photo taken during the West Bank Super Sunday in the Algiers neighborhood in New Orleans, La. Sunday, April 14, 2019. Photo by Matthew Hinton

Mohawk Hunters chant before taking part in the Mardi Gras Indians West Bank Super Sunday in the Algiers neighborhood in New Orleans, La. Sunday, April 14, 2019. The Mohawk Hunters are an Algiers gang / tribe and often incorporate 15 symbols in their suits to signify the 15th Ward of New Orleans. Photo by Matthew Hinton

Big Chief Walter Sandifer Jr. of the Beautiful Creole Apache Mardi Gras Indians takes part in the West Bank Super Sunday in the Algiers neighborhood in New Orleans, La. Sunday, April 14, 2019. Photo by Matthew Hinton

Part of an old suit sits on a porch during the Mardi Gras Indians West Bank Super Sunday in the Algiers neighborhood in New Orleans, La. Sunday, April 14, 2019. Photo by Matthew Hinton

Mardi Gras Indians including the Golden Blades take part in the West Bank Super Sunday in the Algiers neighborhood in New Orleans, La. Sunday, April 14, 2019. Photo by Matthew Hinton

Mohawk Hunters Big Queen Shirley Dumas takes part in the Mardi Gras Indians West Bank Super Sunday in the Algiers neighborhood in New Orleans, La. Sunday, April 14, 2019. The Mohawk Hunters are an Algiers gang / tribe and often incorporate 15 symbols in their suits to signify the 15th Ward of New Orleans. Photo by Matthew Hinton

Mardi Gras Indians including Golden Blades Spy Boy Alphonse ‘K Nine’ Feliciana IV take part in the West Bank Super Sunday in the Algiers neighborhood in New Orleans, La. Sunday, April 14, 2019. Photo by Matthew Hinton

The Beautiful Creole Apache Mardi Gras Indians lead by Big Chief Walter Sandifer, Jr., center, take part in the West Bank Super Sunday in the Algiers neighborhood in New Orleans, La. Sunday, April 14, 2019. Photo by Matthew Hinton

Sporty’s Brass Band warms up before the Mardi Gras Indians take part in the West Bank Super Sunday in the Algiers neighborhood in New Orleans, La. Sunday, April 14, 2019. Photo by Matthew Hinton

Members of the Wild Opelousas are part of a student-based tribe at Martin Behrman Charter School where Mohawk Hunters Big Chief Tyrone Casby acts as mentor, Casby was educator for many years and recently retired as principal of Landry-Walker High School in Algiers. Photo taken before the West Bank Super Sunday in the Algiers neighborhood in New Orleans, La. Sunday, April 14, 2019. Photo by Matthew Hinton

Mohawk Hunters including Flag Boy Jamal Casby chant before taking part in the Mardi Gras Indians West Bank Super Sunday in the Algiers neighborhood in New Orleans, La. Sunday, April 14, 2019. The Mohawk Hunters are an Algiers gang / tribe and often incorporate 15 symbols in their suits to signify the 15th Ward of New Orleans. Photo by Matthew Hinton

Albert Polite Chief Spy Boy of the Fi Yi Yi and the Mandingo Warriors Mardi Gras Indians, left, greets Mohawk Hunters Spy Boy Dow Edwards during the West Bank Super Sunday in the Algiers neighborhood in New Orleans, La. Sunday, April 14, 2019. Photo by Matthew Hinton

Mohawk Hunters Moss Man Tyrone Casby, Jr., right, poses for a photo for Jazz Fest producer Quint Davis, left, while taking part in the Mardi Gras Indians West Bank Super Sunday in the Algiers neighborhood in New Orleans, La. Sunday, April 14, 2019. Before producing Jazz Fest, Quint Davis produced records with Big Chief Bo Dollis of the Wild Magnolias and White Eagles Big Chief Monk Boudreaux in the early 1970s helping spread the music of Mardi Gras Indians world wide. Photo by Matthew Hinton

Albert Polite Chief Spy Boy of the Fi Yi Yi and the Mandingo Warriors Mardi Gras Indians takes part in the West Bank Super Sunday in the Algiers neighborhood in New Orleans, La. Sunday, April 14, 2019. Photo by Matthew Hinton

Mardi Gras Indians and Baby Dolls take part in the West Bank Super Sunday in the Algiers neighborhood in New Orleans, La. Sunday, April 14, 2019. Photo by Matthew Hinton

Mardi Gras Indians take part in the West Bank Super Sunday in the Algiers neighborhood in New Orleans, La. Sunday, April 14, 2019. Photo by Matthew Hinton

The Algiers Warriors take part in the West Bank Super Sunday in the Algiers neighborhood in New Orleans, La. Sunday, April 14, 2019. Photo by Matthew Hinton

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Matthew Hinton

Matthew Hinton is a New Orleans area freelance photographer whose work has been recognized by the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) Best of Photojournalism Awards in 2014 and 2016, and by numerous awards from the Press Club of New Orleans, including the Hal Ledet President's Print Photography Award, the highest honor the Press Club can bestow upon a photographer.
Matthew Hinton has previously been a staff photographer at both of the daily newspapers in New Orleans. His work has appeared nationally and internationally through freelance work with the Associated Press and AFP, Agence France-Presse.

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