Zulu Tramps march in the Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club's 2017 Zulu Parade on February 28, 2017 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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The black leaders of an iconic Mardi Gras parade want you to know their 'black makeup is NOT blackface'
When one of New Orleans' most cherished parades rolls next month, float riders -- African-American and white -- will greet the screaming throngs wearing lofty feather headdresses, crinkly grass skirts and the sort of black face paint that most anywhere else might draw gasps and cries of racism.
