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Mardi Gras group
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krewe
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A krewe (pronounced in the same way as "crew") is an organization that puts on a parade or ball for the Carnival season. The term is best known for its association with New Orleans Mardi Gras , but is also used in other Carnival celebrations around the ...
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n. A private organization in New Orleans that exists to stage a Mardi Gras Ball, Mardi Gras Parade, or both.
Usage examples of krewe.
He watched shadows of the revelers dancing on the curtains like a Balinese puppet show and he wanted to be content where he was, alone at this table, though he was beginning to think Aspen would be a better place, with most of the other uptown New Orleanians who opted out of the krewes and the balls.
Square dancers from Ojai and from upstate New York, dames and gentlemen from Annapolis, the Cuero, Texas, Turkey Trot, all the Krewes and marching clubs of old New Orleans, double flambeaux blazing, nobles throwing favors to the crowd-the King of Zulus and his smooth brown court, singing: "Everybody who was anybody doubted it-"
Square dancers from Ojai and from upstate New York, dames and gentlemen from Annapolis, the Cuero, Texas, Turkey Trot, all the Krewes and marching clubs of old New Orleans, double flambeaux blazing, nobles throwing favors to the crowd-the King of Zulus and his smooth brown court, singing: "Everybody who was anybody doubted it -- "
He's probably at one of the private krewes balls given during Mardi Gras.
Tonight would be the busiest night of the year in New Orleans, complete with the traditional parade with showy, elaborate floats put together by the krewes, the societies devoted to such activities.