Mardi Gras Parade in Asheville

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We noticed a group of brightly dressed people with colorful umbrellas in the...(more)

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Later, a group of motorcyclists drive by.

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We spotted a truck with a bunch of people dressed in pink drive by a block away.

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Passing people on the street, some seemed to be dressed...oddly, even by...(more)

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It seemed like something was going on.

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We saw the truck with the pink people. In fact, it was called "The Pink...(more)

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A block away, we saw someone dressed up in a costume, holding a street closed...(more)

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Looking down the allegedly closed or soon-to-be-closed street, we didn't see...(more)

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A vehicle drove by after the Pink Lady truck, with its passengers pedaling on...(more)

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We then walked down the closed street and saw more people milling about.

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And things that looked like floats.

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There was some more art in the form of cat statues on a wall.

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And a bronze cat climbing a light pole.

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And an explanation of what the cat-art is (it's called the Catwalk).

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We approached the nascent parade.

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At this point, seeing the costumes and stuff, we starated to figure out that it...(more)

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A cool float with some sort of bizarre mutant squid-fish.

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Parade people.

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Another float involving um plants eating people. Not sure if this is a Little...(more)

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More parade people.

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Still more!

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OK, I admit, I thought this kid looked kind of cute, especially the way she/he...(more)

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...and then assisted by his/her parent (I asssumed).

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I liked the nose mask. I'm guessing it's reminiscent of the gas masks worn by...(more)

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A Where the Wild Things Are float.

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More people!

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An SCA float.

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I have no idea about this one.

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People in costumes.

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Hey...poeple with umbrellas. This might have been the first group of people...(more)

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Or maybe it's some geisha theme (given the name on the banner). there's a cool...(more)

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People on stilts.

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Lots of people. Plus Skeletor pointing ominously.

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People, stilts, etc.

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We walked past the end of the parade and the street was oddly empty. We...(more)

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As the crowds dispersed, there were still some people in costumes walking by,...(more)

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And then there was a girl with a baby doll...that fucking freaks me out! What...(more)