If we don’t help as a community to keep the community alive, we’re not going to see as many Mardi Gras Indians on the street,” she said. To make Medicine Man Cal’s suit, it costs about $5,000.

The piece is of a gold Mardi Gras mask surrounded by stars, colorful feathers and a small bridge above the the mask representing the Gillis W. Long Bridge also known as the Jackson Street Bridge.