Updated: Feb. 12, 2013 at 6:34 PM
Mardi Gras in New Orleans (40 images)
Mardi Gras revelers crowd a soggy Bourbon Street on Fat Tuesday in the French Quarter of New Orleans.
A group carries flambeaux, or torches, in the Krewe of Hermes parade as it rolls down St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans February 8, 2013, on the last weekend of the Carnival season. Fat Tuesday, or Mardi Gras, is February 12. UPI/A.J. Sisco
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Crowds line the street, right, pleading for trinkets from the Krewe of Hermes parade as it rolls down St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans February 8, 2013, on the last weekend of the Carnival season. Fat Tuesday, or Mardi Gras, is February 12. UPI/A.J. Sisco
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Maksed riders toss trinkets to the crowd during the Krewe of Hermes parade as it rolls down St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans February 8, 2013, on the last weekend of the Carnival season. Fat Tuesday, or Mardi Gras, is February 12. UPI/A.J. Sisco
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A masked rider tosses beads to the crowd during the Krewe of Hermes parade as it rolls down St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans February 8, 2013, on the last weekend of the Carnival season. Fat Tuesday, or Mardi Gras, is February 12. UPI/A.J. Sisco
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