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From: "Cajun" <>
Subject: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] ICO ICO - Mardi Gras Indian Song
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 21:16:56 -0600

I put ICO ICO on my Cajun/Zydeco page for convenience purposes, but as
explained below by my cousin Paul LeBlanc, it is a Mardi Gras Indian
Song.

I have other Mardi Gras songs that I'll post asap...

Stanley LeBlanc
www.thecajuns.com

***Note from Paul LeBlanc, my 5th cousin, once-removed!***

Ico Ico is New Orleans "Mardi Gras Indian" song. not Zydeco.

Local legend - Indian tribes took in runaway slaves and intermarried.
New Orleans People of Color honor them each year by dressing in
elaborate Indian costumes on Mardi Gras & St Joseph Day. The song is
about the non-formal routes the different Tribes (Neighborhood groups or
extended families) as they walk the neighborhoods. Flag boys are the
scouts looking for other "Tribes". When two tribes meet they have
strutting contests.

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