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Mardi Gras, Best Dressed DĂŠja Jones

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nly the experienced Mardi Gras participant may be familiar with the lavish, yet mysterious dualities of the carnival season. As a local, even I enlisted assistance from Mardi Gras Costume Museum Owner, Carl Mack, to help give us a deeper understanding. Traditions as old as two hundred years connect locals to their ancestors and to each other. Preservation of these traditions is vital to the state’s natives and economy.

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