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2. Mardi Gras throws - Wikipedia

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   Mardi Gras throws are strings of beads, doubloons, cups, or other trinkets passed out or thrown from the floats for Mardi Gras celebrations, particularly in New Orleans, the Mobile, Alabama, and parades throughout the Gulf Coast of the United States, to spectators lining the streets. The "gaudy plastic jewelry, toys, and other mementos [are ...

3. Krewe - Wikipedia

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   The term is best known for its association with Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans, but is also used in other Carnival celebrations throughout Louisiana (e.g. in Lafayette, Shreveport, and Baton Rouge) and along the Gulf of Mexico, such as the Gasparilla Pirate Festival in Tampa, Florida, Springtime Tallahassee, and Krewe of Amalee in ...

4. Mardi Gras is not just in New Orleans — there are other ...

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   Other parts of Louisiana celebrate Mardi Gras, as do other states — Mobile Alabama's is said to have preceded New Orleans — but it's The Big Easy that has the iconic features, the balls and ...

5. New Orleans pulls 46 tons of Mardi Gras beads from ... - AOL

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   More than 93,000 pounds of Carnival beads were pulled from clogged catch basins along a five-block stretch of a downtown parade route. New Orleans pulls 46 tons of Mardi Gras beads from storm ...

6. Celebrating Mardi Gras: What to know about the colorful ...

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   Revellers catch beads from a float in the 2023 Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club parade during a Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans on Feb. 21, 2023. How does New Orleans celebrate Mardi Gras?

7. Krewe of Bacchus - Wikipedia

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   In keeping with tradition, "Bacchus beads" and doubloons are thrown to revelers from the floats. After a long absence from prime time television, Bacchus returned to the New Orleans airwaves in 2009, when NBC affiliate WDSU produced a five-hour live broadcast of the parade and ensuing party at New Orleans Morial Convention Center. The Bacchus ...