Mardi Gras
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Mardi Gras
Philadelphia has its mummers- New Orleans has its Mardi Gras or Carnival, as the locals say, Both are steeped in deep tradition To me, no visit to New Orleans is complete without a visit to Blaine Kern’s Mardi Gras World.. Blaine started making floats from day one-and today makes almost all of them. Some figures are paper mâché and some are fiberglass. Kern also makes all the figures and props you see in casinos and theme parks. Take the ferry across the Mississippi River to Algiers-named for holding slaves captured in Algeria. Kern has shuttle buses waiting to take you to his warehouses and workshops. Wow-Wow Wow-what a sight—like an ant colony with workers scrambling around making last minute preparations for the upcoming parades. Some are building and painting floats; others are stacking floats with beads to be thrown to the “partygoers”.
A float consists of a captain and a krewe (crew). Each person pays to ride and pays for their beads-300 to 600 $ each. Visiting Kerns is like being in the locker room before the superbowl.
Philadelphia has its mummers- New Orleans has its Mardi Gras or Carnival, as the locals say, Both are steeped in deep tradition To me, no visit to New Orleans is complete without a visit to Blaine Kern’s Mardi Gras World.. Blaine started making floats from day one-and today makes almost all of them. Some figures are paper mâché and some are fiberglass. Kern also makes all the figures and props you see in casinos and theme parks. Take the ferry across the Mississippi River to Algiers-named for holding slaves captured in Algeria. Kern has shuttle buses waiting to take you to his warehouses and workshops. Wow-Wow Wow-what a sight—like an ant colony with workers scrambling around making last minute preparations for the upcoming parades. Some are building and painting floats; others are stacking floats with beads to be thrown to the “partygoers”.
A float consists of a captain and a krewe (crew). Each person pays to ride and pays for their beads-300 to 600 $ each. Visiting Kerns is like being in the locker room before the superbowl.
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