NOTES
The Happiest Day of the Year is Followed by its Saddest
In case you feel like reliving the celebrations.
...I'm exaggerating, of course, but the post-Mardi Gras blues is real.
Only 348 more days until Mardi Gras 2018.
(Photos arranged in sequence of events.)
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Krewe of Oshun
The goddess Oshun, associated with water and love bless us last night.
“Oshun, also spelled Osun, an orisha (deity) of the Yoruba people of southwestern Nigeria. Oshun is commonly called the river orisha, or goddess, in the Yoruba religion and is typically associated with water, purity, fertility, love, and sensuality. She is considered one of the most powerful of all orishas, and, like other gods, she possesses human attributes such as vanity, jealousy, and spite.”
It was a wet night in New Orleans yesterday, which is fitting considering that the Krewe of Oshun is represented by the Yoruba goddess usually associated with water. Rain to an adult may seem like an inconvenience but to a kid, it's play time.
Lesson learned: Be a kid.
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Chaos and Muses
Parade revelry at its best. (In case you missed the flurry of my Instagram posts...)
Last night I stumbled through the parades on St. Charles. It was a long, eventful, fun walk through a bedlam of mass revelry, debauchery and fun. My opinion of parades has always varied, most of the time, I'm not too crazy about it but then there's New Orleans and no city puts on parades like this one.
If you weren't privy to my burst of Instagram photos last night, here are the highlights.
All photos made with the iPhone 6.
