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Already in the early 1980s the practice of women (and men) to flash their boobs, butts, and occasionally genitals for throws on Bourbon Street during Mardi Gras was established. Sociology professor Dr. Wesley Shrum calls flashing for beads "ritual disrobement" and considers it a symbol of the free market.
The practice of exposing female breasts in exchange for Mardi Gras beads, however, was mostly limited to tourists in the upper Bourbon Street area. [ 5 ] [ 62 ] In the crowded streets of the French Quarter, generally avoided by locals on Mardi Gras Day, flashers on balconies cause crowds to form on the streets.
A risqué Decadence costume Decadence participants parading down Royal Street. Southern Decadence is an annual, six-day, LGBTQ-based event held in New Orleans, Louisiana during Labor Day weekend, culminating in a parade through the French Quarter on the Sunday before Labor Day.
At lest 15 people were killed when the F-150 Lightning EV truck sped down Bourbon Street just after 3 a.m., and it was only stopped after it slammed into a crane blocking the way.
Beaden was just one of many who had the same idea and headed to Bourbon Street, where a brass band played merry New Orleanian tunes and Mardi Gras beads and 14 yellow roses adorned the road where ...
A New Year’s reveler has given a harrowing account of the “twisted” and “horribly disfigured” bodies he saw sprawled on New Orleans’ Bourbon Street after a terrorist plowed his truck ...
The most-visited section of Bourbon Street is "upper Bourbon Street" toward Canal Street, an eight-block section of visitor attractions [25] including bars, restaurants, souvenir shops and strip clubs. In the 21st century, Bourbon Street is the home of New Orleans Musical Legends Park, a free, outdoor venue for live jazz performances. The park ...
An April 2024 report by Mott MacDonald, a design firm hired for roadway projects, included the possibility of a Ford F-150 truck turning on to Bourbon Street, which is what happened on New Year's Day, but the company's bollard replacement project did not include fixed bollards in the French Quarter, the lawsuit said.