Tradition and sunshine close out Jazz Fest

Rosie Ledet and the Zydeco Playboys perform at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, Thursday, May 3, 2012. The Mardi Gras Indians have been parading at Carnival and Louisiana festivals for generations, but a renewed interest and appreciation in this somewhat mysterious New Orleans subculture has the dancing, chanting costumed Indians on display in a new way at this year's New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)