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NEW ORLEANS— Family friends and the Treme community turned out today for a beautiful, albeit colorful celebration of the life of Sylvester Francis. Francis founded the Backstreet Cultural Museum in the former Blandin Funeral Home to celebrate the culture of our city’s brass bands, Social Aid & Pleasure Clubs, and the Mardi Gras Indians.

The funeral of Sylvester Francis at the Treme Center (WGNO-TV)

You can view the complete service as it was streamed on the D.W.Rhodes Facebook Page

Big Chief Victor Harris at the funeral of Sylvester Francis(WGNO-TV)

Here is more of the celebration of the life of Sylvester Francis from the D.W. Rhodes Funeral Home Facebook Page