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Members of a group calling itself the "Skeleton Krewe" lead the way for Krewe d'Etat on 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