FREE ESSAY ON MARDI GRAS

MARDI GRAS

People of all colors in the streets of New Orleans celebrating a religious holiday of
Christianity. Non-Christians, Christians, everyone is there, jumping to the beat of the
Jazzy show tunes that are played on the street of St. Charles. The floats pass with the
throwing of mouth watering bayou candies from deep in the New Orleans culture. Liquor is
passed, and the streets have a distinct smell of vomit, but every Cajun man has a mile
wide grin on his face. The dancers work the crowd with the expensive costumes that are
made mostly of silk and feathers...prancing around as the drum beats behind them. The
crowd begins to move up and down, trying to get in the grove of the party. Cabbage is
thrown at heads of the audience and are barely dodged with a quick jerk of the neck. The
beads are thrown every which way while the crowd rips through the crowd to finish the
Mardi Gras collection. People of all ages join in this glorious day of food, drink,
family, and friends.