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