by grahamiam12288 | Jan 23, 2016 | Local Color and Customs, Mardi Gras Miscellany
Party Hounds on Parade Participants in a Williams College reunion go all out for the 8th annual Mystic Krewe of Barkus parade, with a yellow Labrador, Ryerson, a.k.a. Lady Ryerson de Bark, cross-dressing as a Medieval damsel and Belle, a black Lab, got up in a suit of...
by grahamiam12288 | Jan 23, 2016 | Local Color and Customs, Mardi Gras Miscellany
If Rex and Zulu can arrive at the riverfront with ceremonial fanfare, as a prelude to their moment in the sun, why not the canine Queen of Barkus?
by grahamiam12288 | Feb 18, 2014 | Mardi Gras 101, Mardi Gras Miscellany
Mardi Gras History In exploring Mardi Gras history, there’s no tidy way to connect the dots between ancient festive customs and the modern pre-Lenten revels that occur in a myriad of guises around the world. Certainly, religious rituals associated with the mythic god...
