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The Comeback Carnival:  Faces of Mardi Gras 2022

3/2/2022

 
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Meet some of the folks who came out in the French Quarter and Marigny neighborhoods to help make this historic Mardi Gras extraordinary in all the right ways. 

- photos by Ellis Anderson

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Some costumes raised feelings of solidarity with Ukrainians and promoted peace...
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There were other reminders of the pandemic that shut down last year's festivities...
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But for the most part, unbridled joy carried the day...
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legendary mask-maker Gabriel Q at the riverfront Purple Party on Lundi Gras afternoon
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Carol Kolichak also got a Lundi Gras start at the annual Purple Party.
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Even Pope John Paul II got into the act. The statue by Franco Allesandrini in front of St. Louis Cathedral is one of several public works of art by Allesandrini in New Orleans. Click on the photo for our FQJ 2020 story about them.

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