We just returned from the Prince Second Line Parade that traipsed through the Treme neighborhood of New Orleans on Monday April 25th 2016.

Orleans Avenue, a fine, broad thoroughfare was choked out with revelers and mourners who came to pay their respects for the man who passed away at the young age of 57 last week.

If you were in any way claustrophobic this would’ve been a poor event for you as there was a tidal wave of humans all mashed into one another. DJs set up portable rigs on the sidewalks while horn players walked about honking wildly. The thick smell of cannabis filled the air just as at any other Second Line we attend.

Barbecue chicken cooks were grilling birds over hot coals and barking out orders to hungry eaters.

Here are a few images we captured at the affair: