Mardi Gras! Continued...

Ohhh, another dragon, the floats are beautiful and gaudy at the same time!~










Carrying flambeau's.. this is now just tradition as the floats are well lighted, but this used to be the only lighting the parades had~











Taking aim to throw those goodies into the crowd~












If you can get on someone's shoulders and get up close, you can really get bombarded with beads!~











Can you believe a bunch of people on stilts? Sure hope it's not a long parade route!~












Another float chugging along, and people still have their arms up in the air, shouting "throw me somethin' mister!"~









A close up of one of the Masked Riders, and there's a real person behind the mask, honest!~








The last float, notice the stands on the front of the float are now completely empty, they started out just full of beads! People are still yelling for more trinkets, hands in the air ready to catch them, but that's all for tonight.

Hope you enjoyed the parade. If you'd like to see another one, this time during the day, with lots of tradition, street marchers, and the crazy costumed people lining the streets... click here! This one's going through the heart of the French Quarter on Mardi Gras Day!