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Like the Mardi Gras Indians, they were a major part of Carnival on Claiborne Avenue, the main black thoroughfare back in the day. Every Mardi Gras morning at 5 a.m., this group of maskers departs the Backstreet Cultural Museum and parades down the streets of the Tremé, dressed as skeletons. To the uninitiated, the skeleton-masking North Side Skull and Bone Gang — representing, on the most basic level, death — might seem out of place on Mardi Gras. They’re not trying to be the prettiest anything or bond with revelers intent on indulging giddy fantasies at the greatest free show, in the city that care forgot. “For two centuries, the North Side Skull and Bone Gang has signaled the start of Mardi Gras Day, waking the spirits and serving as a reminder to live well before death.” According to Mardi Gras Traditions, the gang is a reminder that “Carnival, like death, is a great equalizer. Skeletons are part of the transatlantic culture of the African diaspora, with representations in West African rituals, Caribbean Vodou practices, and Latin American Day of the Dead celebrations. For two centuries, the North Side Skull and Bone Gang has signaled the start of Mardi Gras Day, waking the spirits and serving as a reminder to live The North Side Skull and Bones Gang are the best known of several “skeleton gangs” that roam the streets of New Orleans on Mardi Gras morning. They claim to be the oldest skeletons, tracing their history to 1819. If so, they've been waking people up on Mardi Gras morning for nearly 200 years. But they aren't just trying to get the party In the early morning hours of Mardi Gras day, as New Orleans residents dream of the floats and throws from the nights before, a much scarier parade awaits them right outside their door. The Treme neighborhood will be awoken by the North Side Skull and Bone Gang in their hand painted skeleton outfits and paper-mâché skulls. The Northside Skull and Bones Gang rise before dawn in the Treme neighborhood, costumed as skeletons, to wake people up on Mardi Gras on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023. The gang meandered though the On February 10, 1875, a Times-Picayune article referred to a Mardi Gras fight involving skeletons. In 1902, another local paper, the Times-Democrat, wrote about Mardi Gras in the 6th and 7th wards Bruce “Sunpie” Barnes wakes residents up as t he North Side Skull & Bones Gang rises before dawn, costumed as skeletons, to wake people up on Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans, Tuesday, March 1 On the morning of Mardi Gras, before the first light of dawn, dozens of skeletons flood the streets of the 6th Ward neighborhood of Tremé in New Orleans. 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