Far off the St. Charles Parade route, before the sun rises on Mardi Gras day, Treme is awake.
The Northside Skull and Bone Gang has been waking up the neighborhood on Mardi Gras morning for more than 200 years now. A tradition started by enslaved Africans in 1819 and carried on proudly by Bruce “Sunpie” Barnes.
“We don’t have a set route,” Barnes said. “We’re not a parade it’s a procession so we just let the spirit guide the day, but we will wake up this neighborhood and the rest of the world to a Carnival morning.”
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