Resources:

Podcast Interview with Ancelet

, Story collections, articles,

Historic New Orleans Foundation https://www.hnoc.org/

Work by Barry Jean Ancelet

https://www.history.com/news/first-mardi-gras-mobile-alabama-new-orleans

NOLA Mardi Gras History

https://www.mardigrasneworleans.com/history/

Mobile Mardi Gras History

https://alabamashortstories.com/joe-cain-and-the-mobile-mardi-gras/

Podcast Mardi Gras Beyond the Beads

https://open.spotify.com/show/7FDOXSTV9HTQtURhFe0qxo

https://books.google.com/books/about/Carnivals_of_the_World.html?id=mFLpRwAACAAJ

Trinidad Customs

https://www.ncctt.org/new/index.php/carnival-history/history-of-carnival.html

https://www.ncctt.org/new/index.php/carnival-history/history-of-carnival.html

The whole Ash Thing

https://www.shcathedral.org/03/why-does-lent-begin-on-a-wednesday-and-what-do-the-ashes-signify/

http://ww1.antiochian.org/content/orthodox-ash-wednesday