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Second Line Parades Every Sunday, a different social club organizes a second line parade, which has become part of New Orleanian culture. After the Civil War, African Americans, generally unable to obtain insurance or bank credit, formed benevolent societies known as social aid and pleasure clubs. Parades are also held at the funerals of community members. | A Sunday second line parade starts at noon and ends at 4 pm. For four hours, the designated club's dancers and brass bands—the first line—roam the streets along a fixed route through their neighborhood followed by hundreds of dancers in the second line. Every parade takes a different route, punctuated by breaks for refreshment, along which vendors sell barbecue from pickup trucks and drinks out of coolers. Traffic has to wait until the parade has passed. |
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