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2. What to know as 2024 Mardi Gras parades kick off in ... - AOL

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   TARC has a wagon behind most Houma parades to collect beads for recycling. This article originally appeared on The Courier: Mardi Gras parades in Terrebonne, Lafourche adjust for weather Show comments

3. What to know as second weekend of Mardi Gras parades ... - AOL

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   Houma-Thibodaux's Mardi Gras parade season enters its second weekend Friday evening, with Fat Tuesday itself just a few days away. Terrebonne Parish officials will meet to discuss the weather ...

4. 9 Things To Know Before Your First Mardi Gras ... - AOL

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   If you’re new to the large-than-life celebration that is Mardi Gras, here are nine local-approved tips to keep in mind. 9 Things To Know Before Your First Mardi Gras, According To A Local Skip ...

5. Bead Town - Wikipedia

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   Bead Town is a traveling art exhibit of 100 huge mosaics composed of recycled Mardi Gras beads. Created by carpenter and artist Stephan Wanger in New Orleans , Louisiana , Bead Town has been exhibited in Winnsboro, Louisiana , [ 1 ] Natchitoches, Louisiana , [ 2 ] and Gary, Indiana .

6. 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 ...

7. Environmental impact of Mardi Gras beads - Wikipedia

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   While thought to be decorative, Mardi Gras beads hanging on trees are harmful to the plant as a whole. When the parade season ended in 2014, the New Orleans city government spent $1.5 million to pick up about 1,500 tons of Mardi Gras-induced waste, consisting mostly of beads. [1] This is a recurring problem every year for the city.