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Mardi Gras in New Orleans

New Orleans Mardi Gras
"Big Chief" Victor Armstrong wears an elaborate Mardi Gras Indian costume while shouting at another tribe of Indians in his Uptown neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana. Photograph: Lucas Jackson/Corbis
New Orleans Mardi Gras
A member of a dance troop performs during the Muses Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans. Photograph: Lee Celano/Corbis
New Orleans Mardi Gras
King Zulu waves to revelers as he parades down St. Charles Avenue Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans. Photograph: Sean Gardner/Corbis
New Orleans Mardi Gras
The Krewe of Bacchus rolls down Napoleon Avenue in Uptown in New Orleans. The Krewe has been parading since 1968. Photograph: A.J.Sisco/Corbis
New Orleans Mardi Gras
Members of the Mardi Gras Indian tribe "Golden Comanche" yell out to their tribe members in the UpTown neighborhood at Jackson and St. Charles. Photograph: Barbara Davidson/Corbis
New Orleans Mardi Gras
A silhouetted man walks past a store window selling Mardi Gras souvenirs along Decatur Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans Photograph: Shannon Stapleton/Corbis
New Orleans Mardi Gras
A costumed couple dances in the street during Mardi Gras. Photograph: Philip Gould/Corbis
New Orleans Mardi Gras
Scott Carroll of Fullerton, California, looks for beads on Canal Street in downtown New Orleans Photograph: Irwin Thompson/Corbis
New Orleans Mardi Gras
A woman dances with the Samba Vida dance and drum group down St. Charles Avenue Photograph: Sean Gardner/Corbis
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