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Decadence, Black Men of Labor parades show culture (NOLA)
nola.com ^
| 09/02/07
| Katy Reckdahl
Posted on 09/03/2007 5:32:54 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3
When the timing is right, the two parades meet on North Rampart Street, one showcasing men in skimpy skirts and bouffant wigs, the other with high-steppers waving handmade umbrellas and beaded fans.
Both parades -- one hosted by Southern Decadence, the other by Black Men of Labor -- strolled through the streets Sunday within several blocks of each other in downtown New Orleans.
This year, Decadence, a three-day gay festival, lured nearly 125,000 visitors to the city, while the Black Men of Labor parade attracted thousands of local and displaced New Orleanians. Behind each parade's glitz and glamour, participants said, was a devotion to traditions that might otherwise be lost in post-Katrina New Orleans.
(Excerpt) Read more at blog.nola.com ...
TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: blackmen; decadence; gay; nola
BY ELIOT KAMENITZ The 34th Annual Southern Decadence Parade strutted its stuff thru the French Quarter, Sunday, September 2, 2007 as a throng of onlookers watch costumes and fine feathers begin marching in the 1200 block of Royal Street and culminating with a costume show at the corner of Bourbon and St. Ann Streets.
BY ELIOT KAMENITZA throng of onlookers watch costumes and fine feathers begin marching in the 1200 block of Royal Street and culminating with a costume show at the corner of Bourbon and St. Ann Streets. As people on a balcony watch the parade form, Randy Patterson shashays by
BY ELIOT KAMENITZ Ben Jones blows bubbles along the parade route. "It's one of my favorite New Orleans moments," said one woman, as she walked down Rampart Street to catch a glimpse of the unofficial meeting.
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posted on
09/03/2007 5:33:39 AM PDT
by
TornadoAlley3
( An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping that it will eat him last..)
To: TornadoAlley3
Can’t imagine why some would think that the wrath of God visited New Orleans.
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posted on
09/03/2007 6:11:50 AM PDT
by
SampleMan
(Islamic tolerance is practiced by killing you last.)
To: SampleMan
And they have time for half naked parades but cannot pick up a hammer or use a lawn mower to clean up their city.
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posted on
09/03/2007 6:18:50 AM PDT
by
TornadoAlley3
( An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping that it will eat him last..)
To: TornadoAlley3
Our tax dollars are reconstructing New Orleans for this?
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posted on
09/03/2007 6:32:53 AM PDT
by
oyez
(Justa' another high minded lowlife.)
To: SampleMan
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posted on
09/03/2007 7:11:48 AM PDT
by
Greg F
(Duncan Hunter is a good man.)
To: TornadoAlley3
No Thanks New Orleans!
I'll take my vacation dollars someplace else!
To: humblegunner
Is this why you took a week off work?
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posted on
09/03/2007 7:51:52 AM PDT
by
Eaker
(If illegal immigrants were so great for an economy; Mexico would be building a wall to keep them in)
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