Four years after Katrina has not been enough to get New Orleans completely back to where it was before the dreadful hurricane rampaged the charming city. But it hasn't stopped the inhabitants from keeping a good tradition alive: the Mardi Gras, as the French called it when they started it, or fat Tuesday, at English speaking inhabitants and tourists might call it.
Overall, this year the celebration was peaceful, except on this day: 7 people shot right after the last major parade went by and people were lined up along the street to watch the truck floats hoping to grasp some beads that are traditionally thrown from the troupes on the truck floaters.
http://www.mardigras.com/
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/02/24/us/AP-Mardi-Gras-Shooting.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
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