64 Parishes

Masked Horseback Riders

Masked costumed horsemen ride the Cajun countryside each Mardi Gras, stopping at farmhouses to call (in French) for ingredients to make the evening community gumbo. Nearly seventy five horsemen run the courir de Mardi Gras at Church Point, Mamou and other Cajun towns of southwest Louisiana.

Masked Horseback Riders

Courtesy of State Library of Louisiana

Masked Horseback Riders. Unknown

Additional Data

Courtesy of State Library of Louisiana
Date 1972
Copyright Copyrighted
Disclaimer The Louisiana Endowment has included this work in 64parishes.org for the purposes of criticism, comment, teaching, scholarship, educational research, all other nonprofit educational usages under Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Act. Physical rights are retained by the State Library of Louisiana.