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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 ...
In New Orleans, the Zulu parade rolls first, starting at 8:00 a.m. on the corner of Jackson and Claiborne and ending at Broad and Orleans, Rex follows Zulu as it turns onto St. Charles following the traditional Uptown route from Napoleon to St. Charles and then to Canal St. Truck parades follow Rex and often have hundreds of floats blowing loud ...
More than a dozen shots rang out along the route of one of New Orleans most popular Mardi Gras parades on Sunday night, sending families running in terror.
The first Endymion parade rolled on February 4, 1967 in the Gentilly neighborhood near the New Orleans Fair Grounds horse racing facility. [2] The parade remained on its original route until 1976, when it was shifted to its now traditional Mid-City route, rolling from Orleans Avenue to North Carrollton Avenue to Canal Street and into the Caesar's Superdome.
The Krewe of Bacchus Parade and Krewe of Endymion Parade roll the weekend before Fat Tuesday. ... New Orleans goes big for Mardi Gras with festive float-filled parades, dazzling balls and other ...
The Mayor’s Mardi Gras Advisory The post New Orleans’ 2023 Mardi Gras parade routes to stay short appeared first on TheGrio. Fans of New Orleans’ Mardi Gras season can expect another year of ...
Rex parade float on Napoleon Avenue, mid 1990s. Rex assembles floats using techniques that have spanned generations, entirely by hand. Contrary to popular belief, Rex floats are not built over Civil War-era cotton wagons; they are instead built on wagons formerly employed by the City of New Orleans to collect refuse in the late 19th century.
Tuesday marks Mardi Gras celebrations across the world, including New Orleans, the center of festivities in North America. You can watch a livestream of the city's annual parade and festivities ...