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Mardi Gras
Rural Louisiana

In central Louisiana, rural Mardi Gras revelers parade over miles of countryside, stopping at houses and begging for ingredients to make traditional gumbo.

"The owner of the house typically throws a chicken into the air and the crowd chases the chicken to a tackle," said photographer and National Geographic Young Explorer Ross McDermott. Then it goes into the pot.

Costumed partygoers drink and dance to Cajun music. Unlike the better known New Orleans celebration, "there was absolutely nothing commercial" about the rural event, said photographer Andrew Owen.
—Photograph by Ross McDermott
 

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