Mardi Gras in New Orleans is wonderful! More original fun there and local music joy than in the touristic magnets in Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo etc. are dominated by a sort of business and slavery. Carnival in Europe does not have the attraction of good music at all. The carnival acts in Germany, yesterday in Cologne, Duesseldorf and Mainz are attractive because the present some critical political statements – for example about the swindle of the German ex-minister of defense, zu Guttenberg. But the music? Oh no. And: no boobs at all in Germany, to cold outside. 10 Celsius. 30 Celsius in Brazil on the same day. But no Hurricane Katrina flood can destroy the joy of: New Orleans Mardi Grass …
Related Articles
- Mardis Gras: Just Another Excuse to Act Wickedly (zwingliusredivivus.wordpress.com)
- King cake – Mardi Gras (restorationjobs.wordpress.com)
- Mardi Gras 2011: It’s Carnival Time on Fat Tuesday (nowpublic.com)
- What to do in Bellingham for Mardi Gras (bellinghamsandwich.com)
- The History of Mardi Gras in New Orleans (socyberty.com)
- Mardi Gras, Gumbo & Bubbles (winesleuth.wordpress.com)
- Happy Mardi Gras! (plagiarismtoday.com)
- Mardi Gras (cinquez.wordpress.com)
- Behind The Song: Iko Iko (socyberty.com)
- Happy Mardi Gras! Top 10 Mardi Gras Themed Mugs (zazzle.com)
- Toast Mardi Gras with a New Orleans Original (chicagoist.com)
- Did You Know: It’s Mardi Gras! (ellen.warnerbros.com)
- Mardi Gras In New Orleans (theawl.com)
- Headed to New Orleans for Mardi Gras? (passiveaggressivenotes.com)
- Mardi Gras in New Orleans (big photo gallery) (boingboing.net)
- Fat Tuesday 2011: Mardi Gras 2011 Parade from New Orleans (LIVE WEBCAM) (blippitt.com)
- Happy Mardi Gras! But what in pop culture will you give up for Lent tomorrow? (popwatch.ew.com)
- Mardi Gras 2011 (sluphojo.wordpress.com)
four photos by Ray Devlin, sent to my flickr group BLOG IT:
+
+
Iko, Iko by the DIXIE CUPS is a Mardi Gras song:
Flickr Comments 
wunderbar lebendige und rhythmische musik zum mitsingen
musik sei in dir mein freund
:-)) wolfgang
LikeLike
This Mari Gras is new to me. I learned something today, yippie. Sometimes I feel so left out, I never travel and Know not much of other cultures and other traditions. This was quite refreshing. Even if my video’s play s l o w…it’s worth the watch.
LikeLike
You always have the best links!
Blessings,
Ava
xox
LikeLike
Good lord, you did capture the spirit of Mardi Gras… really captured! 😉
Eliz
LikeLike
Pingback: New Orleans – important fragment of US-identity « Flickr Comments