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SEE IT: New Orleans pays tribute to Prince with 'epic' second-line parade

The streets of New Orleans' Treme neighborhood took on a purple hue Monday night as thousands of Prince fans celebrated the life of the pop icon with a rollicking second-line parade.

NEW ORLEANS — According to FrenchQuarter.com, "second-line parades are the descendants of the city's famous jazz funerals." The term refers to the revelers who follow a parade, dancing behind the "first line," which includes the family of the dead, band and hearse.

The Purple Rain Day second line, held outside the Oo Poo Pah Doo Bar, featured a purple casket pulled by white horses, a singing cellist, a brass band and umbrella dancers, the Times-Picayune reportsIn a Facebook post, the newspaper called the event "truly epic."

Fans said the music legend would have enjoyed the festivities.

"He was very appreciative of musical culture from different areas and different small communities," Chastity Phillips told the Times-Picayune. "Of course, he would have enjoyed this. He'd have been out here, too."

Prince was found dead at his Minnesota home on Thursday. He was 57.

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