{"id":2776,"date":"2022-03-04T17:33:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T17:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.millers.ca\/4amigos2021\/uncategorized\/new-orleans-mardi-gras-2022\/"},"modified":"2022-09-30T05:48:06","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T05:48:06","slug":"new-orleans-mardi-gras-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.millers.ca\/4amigos2021\/uncategorized\/new-orleans-mardi-gras-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"New Orleans MARDI GRAS 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"
Mark and Laureen dressed up for the festivities daily.<\/div>\n
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Residents were decked out! You didn’t go by a home that at least didn’t have beads hanging from there fence.<\/div>\n
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The crowds on Bourbon, Royal and Frenchman Street were huge.\u00a0 They serve drinks “to go” so the restaurants and bars weren’t too busy.\u00a0 The streets on the other hand were crazy.\u00a0 Laureen really enjoyed the atmosphere, dancing and drinking in the streets.\u00a0 Mark, Vince and Kim were happy to experience it but once was enough for them.\u00a0 Mark was a great sport and danced and sang along with Laureen for part of it.<\/div>\n
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The parades were well done. The city pays for the policing and clean up and the Krewes (clubs) pay for the floats, throw aways and costumes.<\/div>\n
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First time I saw a setup like this for viewing the parade.\u00a0 Ladders with wooden boxes on top that children sit in to see the parade and stay where the parents can keep an eye on them.<\/div>\n
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The streets were packed.\u00a0 We heard that an estimated 1.4 MILLION people watched the mile’s long parade routes, lasting up to 4 hours.<\/div>\n
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In the Zulu parade the coveted throw aways were the hand decorated coconuts.\u00a0 The coconuts have the husks removed, drained and hollowed out, then they are hand painted.\u00a0 They cannot be thrown due to the weight of them. Laureen got 4 Coconuts and she shared with the others.<\/div>\n
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Other sought-after throw aways were the toys, plastic cups, Krewe medallions and fancy beads.<\/div>\n
The normal beads were boring to many.\u00a0 The last float is a decorated tractor pulling an open trailer where the crowd would throw the unwanted beads,\u00a0 etc from the street in.\u00a0 These items then go to non-profit organizations to sort and clean-up to resell back to the Krewes for the next year’s parade.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0Another fun fact is after Mardi Gras clean up, the city weighs the garbage and if there is more garbage than last year it was a good Mardi Gras.<\/div>\n
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BOURBON STREET SATURDAY NIGHT<\/div>\n
FUN FUN FUN!!!<\/div>\n
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Green drink (yes that’s the name).\u00a0 Not sure what’s in it but it packs a punch and tastes yummy.<\/div>\n
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The trash cans were overflowing, and garbage was on the streets.\u00a0 You had to watch where you walked.\u00a0 Good thing no glass, only cans and plastic cups. The beads do make it slippery though.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A fun fact: Food stations are set up around the parade routes handing out FREE food.\u00a0 Organizations like churches, the Krewes, and businesses put these on.\u00a0 You can find the list of food stations in the parade pamphlet and probably online as well.\u00a0 They mostly serve simple food like jambalaya,\u00a0 rice and beans, and pulled pork sandwiches. Mark stopped and asked them why they were doing this and the guy said, “because Jesus loves us “.<\/div>\n
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Everyone should experience Mardi Gras once in their lifetime.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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