A young boy holds the live chicken he caught during the traditional Creole Courir de Mardi Gras chicken run February 16, 2015 in Soileau, Louisiana. The traditional rural Mardi Gras event evolved from the exclusion by white communities of black and indian residents from the larger local celebrations.


A young boy holds the live chicken he caught during the traditional Creole Courir de Mardi Gras chicken run February 16, 2015 in Soileau, Louisiana. The traditional rural Mardi Gras event evolved from the exclusion by white communities of black and indian residents from the larger local celebrations.


Size: 3840px × 5760px
Location: Soileau, Louisiana, USA
Photo credit: © Richard Ellis / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: acadiana, acadians, african-american, alcohol, allen, america, americana, begging, black, boy, cajun, cajuns, capitaines, capuchons, carnival, carnivale, celebrants, chicken, children, costumed, costumes, countryside, courir, creole, cultural, culture, dancing, day, de, drinking, drunken, exclusion, fat, festival, festive, folklife, gras, heritage, kids, louisiana, mardi, masks, outdoors, parish, portrait, racism, revelers, rituals, run, rural, segregration, soileau, south, southern, states, tourism, tradition, traditional, travel, tuesday, united, usa, vertical