On Fat Tuesday we went into downtown Lafayette for three parades, the culmination of the festival week.
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| Acadian Village in Lafayette, and then Mardi Gras | ||||||||
| We also visited Acadian Village just outside of Lafayette. THis was made up of old buildings brought from various towns in the area to make a village similar to the early 1800's. On Fat Tuesday we went into downtown Lafayette for three parades, the culmination of the festival week. |
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| This is the Acadian Village near Lafayette. | Afternoon reflections: Acadian Village. | |||||||
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| The Mardi Gras festivities started with a costume contest. | These folks had on traditional costumes like they wear in the rural Couir de Mardi Gras celebrations. | |||||||
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| Throw Me Some Beads Mister! | ||||||||
| Penny waits for the parade to begin. | ||||||||
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| And the parade began! | ||||||||
| The theme for the Lafayette Mardi Gras Association was 'Birds of Paradise', so all the floats had some type of bird theme to it. | ||||||||