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Spyboy Samual Fields of the Uptown Warriors holds a SKS, a semi-automatic carbine, with an extended bayonet as he looks for other Indians to challenge with tribal dances and chants in Central City on Mardi Gras day in New Orleans, La., Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018. Mardi Gras Indian tribes who wear hand-made one of a kind costumes meet other tribes and perform ritual dances and chants all over the city on Mardi Gras Day.

Spyboy Samual Fields of the Uptown Warriors holds a SKS, a semi-automatic carbine, with an extended bayonet as he looks for other Indians to challenge with tribal dances and chants in Central City on Mardi Gras day in New Orleans, La., Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018. Mardi Gras Indian tribes who wear hand-made one of a kind costumes meet other tribes and perform ritual dances and chants all over the city on Mardi Gras Day.