Mardi Gras on the bayou: Celebrating Fat Tuesday in Cajun Country
Revelers parade through the French Quarter on Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans despite rain to celebrate the last night of gluttonous celebration before the ritual fasting begins on the Christian holiday Ash Wednesday.
- A reveler parades through the French Quarter on Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans, Louisiana March 4, 2014. (REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman)
- Members of the Mondo Kayo Social and Marching Club parade down St. Charles Avenue on Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans, Louisiana March 4, 2014. (REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman)
- Members of the Mondo Kayo Social and Marching Club parade down St. Charles Avenue on Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans, Louisiana March 4, 2014. (REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman)
- Members of the Krewe of Zulu pardes despite their rain Mardi Gras day on March 4, 2014 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Fat Tuesday, the traditional celebration on the day before Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent, is marked in New Orleans with parades and marches through many neighborhoods in the city. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
- Members of the Krew of Mondo Kayo Social Marching Club parade Mardi Gras day in the rain on March 4, 2014 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Fat Tuesday, the traditional celebration on the day before Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent, is marked in New Orleans with parades and marches through many neighborhoods in the city. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
- The King of the Krewe of Zulu parades despite the rain Mardi Gras day on March 4, 2014 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Fat Tuesday, the traditional celebration on the day before Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent, is marked in New Orleans with parades and marches through many neighborhoods in the city. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
- Members of the Krew of Mondo Kayo Social Marching Club parade Mardi Gras day in the rain on March 4, 2014 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Fat Tuesday, the traditional celebration on the day before Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent, is marked in New Orleans with parades and marches through many neighborhoods in the city. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
- Members of the Krew of Mondo Kayo Social Marching Club parade Mardi Gras day in the rain on March 4, 2014 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
- A member of the Free Agents Brass Band parades down St. Charles Avenue on Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Louisiana March 4, 2014. (REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman)
- Members of the Krewe of Zulu parade down St. Charles Avenue on Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans, Louisiana March 4, 2014. (REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman)
- Rex, King of Carnival, parades down St. Charles Avenue despite the rain Mardi Gras Day on March 4, 2014 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Fat Tuesday, the traditional celebration on the day before Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent, is marked in New Orleans with parades and marches through many neighborhoods in the city. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
- Revelers participate as the Krewe of Zulu parades down St. Charles Avenue Mardi Gras Day on March 4, 2014 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Fat Tuesday, the traditional celebration on the day before Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent, is marked in New Orleans with parades and marches through many neighborhoods in the city. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)