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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. 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 ...

4. 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.

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

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   A crowd lining the beach grabs for beads thrown from a parade float during the Barefoot Mardi Gras Parade on North Padre Island, Feb. 18, 2023, in Corpus Christi, Texas.

6. 75 Mardi Gras Facts That Will Help You Bring Meaning to the ...

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   12. New Orleans became a Mardi Gras hotspot in 1857 when floats were introduced to the city's parade for the first time. 13. Mistick Krewe of Comus introduced floats to New Orleans Mardi Gras ...

7. Mardi Gras Doubloons - Wikipedia

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   Mardi Gras doubloons were first created by New Orleans artist and entrepreneur H. Alvin Sharpe in 1959. [2] Sharpe had his own metal dies for striking the doubloons from aluminum blanks. He presented a design to Darwin Schreiver Fenner, who was the captain of the Krewe of Rex , the leading Mardi Gras organization of the time. [ 3 ]