funeral for big chief al morris the third, the northside skull and bones gang

I've always been attracted to the bone gangs of new orleans, and never really got to experience that tradition. I know they get out there on mardi gras day, I know they're scary, I know that kids run and hide from them, I know they carry bones, and they have stark skeletal outfits with huge paper mache heads.

then there's the skeleton krewe that rolls with krewe d'etat.

then there's 6t'9 social aid and pleasure club, masking in skeleton makeup and costumes, giving out candy during halloween, so kids don't have to trick or treat in blighted neighborhoods.

but the recent funeral of the first storm king of 6t'9? Big Chief Al Morris III? was an experience that was very intimate, and on a hot hot day in the treme. Led by second chief Bruce "Sunpie" Barnes, and the Treme Brass Band, the small secondline weaved through the treme, and began with "We are the north side, skull and bone gang"....