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Mardi Gras 2008

Carnival revelers take to the streets

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• Feb. 5: King Zulu, Frank Boutte, waves from his float during the Krewe of Zulu Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans.
• Feb. 5: Rhojohnae August, 9, front, and other revelers vie for throws from a float during the Krewe of Zulu Mardi Gras parade.
• Feb. 5: New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin greets a reveler from atop a horse during the Krewe of Zulu Mardi Gras parade.
• Feb. 5: A reveler wears a 'Cherries Jubilee' costume at the Bourbon Street Awards contest on Mardi Gras in the French Quarter of New Orleans.
• Feb. 5: Brad Cormier sits atop a float, waiting for the rural Mardi Gras to leave Eunice, La.; Cormier made his costume, in part, from his deer hunting blind.
• Feb. 5: Revelers beg for prized Zulu coconuts from Zulu Rascals member Benjamin Bennett, left, during the Krewe of Zulu Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans.
• Feb. 5: Members of Pete Fountain's Half Fast Walking Club Mardi get ready for their Gras parade in New Orleans.
• Feb. 5: Domonic Pollard, 17, waits for his float to arrive for the Krewe of Zulu Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans.
• Feb. 5: Pete Fountain reacts to the crowd as he leads his Half Fast Walking Club Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans.
• Feb. 5: Jerry Reynolds of the Walking Warriors has his face sprayed to set the paint as he prepares to march in the Krewe of Zulu Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans.
• Feb. 5: A member of Pete Fountain's Half Fast Walking Club gives a strand of beads to an early morning reveler during their Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans.
• Feb. 5: Pete Fountain plays the clarinet as he leads his Half Fast Walking Club Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans.
• Feb. 4: Bobbi Duncan holds a beer on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans on 'Lundi Gras,' the day before Mardi Gras festivities.
• Jan. 30: Bruce 'Sunpie' Barnes at the Back Street Cultural Museum discussing the costumes he is making for the Mardi Gras Skull and Crossbones Gang in New Orleans.