We spent the day at the Mardi Gras World. It is a museum/company that builds floats for Mardi Gras. It was much more interesting than I thought it would be. It is one of several huge warehouses on the Port of New Orleans They fabricate the floats out of paper mache, foam and fiberglass. The Krewes (clubs) own the actual float trailer and they pay these people to create the decorations based on the krewe’s theme. The parades are sponsored by different krewes and there are multiple parades beginning on January 6th through Fat Tuesday. Last year there were 39 different parades. Some of the decorations are saved and reused in different ways on other floats in the future. They even gave us beads and King Cake.
