It’s Mardi Gras Day and a day of revelry that will feature numerous parades across south Louisiana. In Mamou and Church Point, revelers will chase chickens as part of the traditional Mardi Gras celebration. City of Eunice Events Coordinator, Courtney Elkins, says the chasing of chickens is a tradition everyone loves to participate in….
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Over 100 years ago, women were not allowed to march in Mardi Gras parades. Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser says his great aunt Aminthe Nungesser was one of the first females to participate in a Mardi Gras parade and she later helped form the Krewe of Iris an all-female parade…..
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Aminthe Nungesser was only 18 years old when she began advocating for women to participate in Mardi Gras.

Seen on viral video: New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell flipping “the bird” at Mardi Gras parade riders. Kevin Gallagher looks at possible political fallout…:
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It will be a warm, humid and breezy Mardi Gras day and State Climatologist Barry Keim says this spring like weather will remain with us for a few days…
cut 15 (08) “….or mid 80s”
Some areas could set record-highs this week.