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Fleur-de-lis Save Our Coast Wall Hanging one of a kind
A reminder that what our coasts and wetlands provide are truly a part of our culture and survival. These ornaments, or ceramic tags-tiles, are really small wall hangings to be a kind of keepsake that someone can look on and smile because of an occasion or time in their lives that was important or just fun!
size: 4 ½" x 4"
color: Chocolate Brown / Sepia, Matte finish. Ready to hang. SOLD! FREE SHIPPING SOLD! FREE SHIPPING
About the DVD The first Mardi Gras in America was celebrated in Mobile, Alabama in 1703. In 2007, it is still racially segregated. Filmmaker Margaret Brown (Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt), herself a daughter of Mobile, escorts us into the parallel hearts of the city s two carnivals. With unprecedented access, she traces the exotic world of secret mystic societies and centuries-old traditions and pageantry; diamond-encrusted crowns, voluminous, hand-sewn gowns, surreal masks and enormous paper mache floats. Against this opulent backdrop, she uncovers a tangled web of historical violence and power dynamics, elusive forces that keep this hallowed tradition organized along enduring color lines.
