The House Floats of New Orléans!

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Mardi Gras of course just wasn't the same in the Crescent City this year without all the parades. But many of the residents of New Orléans showed real civic spirit and decorated their houses to mimic parade floats. Around 3000 houses in New Orléans and surrounding area were so decorated for YardiGras this year which I'm hoping will now become a perennial tradition.









Pretty awesome!

King Cakes decorated in the purple, green and gold colours of New Orléans are another part of the Mardi Gras tradition. Here are three glorious, and I'm sure delicious, examples: