Louisiana Rien Fertel explores the complex history of New Orleans’ flambeaux — the men who carry the torches that light the way for Mardi Gras parades — in Oxford American.

via Of the Parade, But Not In the Parade: The Mardi Gras Flambeaux — Longreads

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