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Despite rain, lots of Mardi Gras fun

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New Orleans Holds Citywide Mardi Gras Celebration
Revelers parade down St. Charles Avenue despite the rain for Mardi Gras on Tuesday in New Orleans, La. Fat Tuesday, a celebration the day before Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent, is marked in New Orleans with parades and marches throughout the city. Getty Images
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New Orleans Holds Citywide Mardi Gras Celebration
NEW ORLEANS, LA – MARCH 04: Members of the Krew of Mondo Kayo Social Marching Club parde Mardi Gras day in the rain on March 4, 2014 in New Orleans,… Getty Images
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New Orleans Holds Citywide Mardi Gras Celebration
NEW ORLEANS, LA – MARCH 04: Members of the Krew of Mondo Kayo Social Marching Club parde Mardi Gras day in the rain on March 4, 2014 in New Orleans,… Getty Images
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New Orleans Holds Citywide Mardi Gras Celebration
NEW ORLEANS, LA – MARCH 04: A reveler walks through the French Quarter as New Orleans Holds Citywide Mardi Gras Celebration on March 4, 2014 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Fat… Getty Images
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New Orleans Holds Citywide Mardi Gras Celebration
NEW ORLEANS, LA – MARCH 04: Members of Rex parade down St. Charles Avenue despite the rain Mardi Gras Day on March 4, 2014 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Fat Tuesday,… Getty Images
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New Orleans Holds Citywide Mardi Gras Celebration
NEW ORLEANS, LA – MARCH 04: Members of the Krew of Mondo Kayo Social Marching Club parde Mardi Gras day in the rain on March 4, 2014 in New Orleans,… Getty Images
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New Orleans Holds Citywide Mardi Gras Celebration
A member of the Krewe of Zulu parades down St. Charles Avenue on Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans, Louisiana March 4, 2014. REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman (UNITED STATES – Tags: SOCIETY… Reuters
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New Orleans Holds Citywide Mardi Gras Celebration
NEW ORLEANS, LA – MARCH 04: Members of the Krew of Mondo Kayo Social Marching Club parde Mardi Gras day in the rain on March 4, 2014 in New Orleans,… Getty Images
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New Orleans Holds Citywide Mardi Gras Celebration
Members of the Mondo Kayo Social and Marching Club parade down St. Charles Avenue on Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans, Louisiana March 4, 2014. REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman (UNITED STATES –… Reuters
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New Orleans Holds Citywide Mardi Gras Celebration
A reveller parades through the French Quarter on Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans, Louisiana March 4, 2014. REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman (UNITED STATES – Tags: SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT) Reuters
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New Orleans Holds Citywide Mardi Gras Celebration
epa04109802 A participant in the Krewe of Zulu Parade poses in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 04 March, 2014. The city’s Mardi Gras celebration cullminates on Fat Tuesday. EPA/DAN ANDERSON EPA
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New Orleans Holds Citywide Mardi Gras Celebration
NEW ORLEANS, LA – MARCH 04: Memebers of the Krewe of Zulu parde dispite ther rain Mardi Gras day on March 4, 2014 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Fat Tuesday, the… Getty Images
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New Orleans Holds Citywide Mardi Gras Celebration
A member of the Krewe of Rex parades down St. Charles Avenue on Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Louisiana March 4, 2014. REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman (UNITED STATES – Tags: SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT) Reuters
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New Orleans Holds Citywide Mardi Gras Celebration
Members of the Mondo Kayo Social and Marching Club parade down St. Charles Avenue on Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans, Louisiana March 4, 2014. REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman (UNITED STATES –… Reuters
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New Orleans Holds Citywide Mardi Gras Celebration
NEW ORLEANS, LA – MARCH 04: A reveler looks on as Rex, King of Carnival parades down St. Charles Avenue despite the rain Mardi Gras Day on March 4, 2014… Getty Images
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New Orleans Holds Citywide Mardi Gras Celebration
NEW ORLEANS, LA – MARCH 04: Revelers participate as the Krewe of Zulu parades down St. Charles Avenue Mardi Gras Day on March 4, 2014 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Fat… Getty Images
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New Orleans Holds Citywide Mardi Gras Celebration
NEW ORLEANS, LA – MARCH 04: Rex, King of Carnival parades down St. Charles Avenue despite the rain Mardi Gras Day on March 4, 2014 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Fat… Getty Images
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New Orleans Holds Citywide Mardi Gras Celebration
NEW ORLEANS, LA – MARCH 04: Members of the Krew of Mondo Kayo Social Marching Club parde Mardi Gras day in the rain on March 4, 2014 in New Orleans,… Getty Images
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New Orleans Holds Citywide Mardi Gras Celebration
Members of the St. Augustine High Marching 100 band march in the Krewe of Zulu parade during Mardi Gras day in New Orleans, Tuesday, March 4, 2014. The Zulu parade… AP