This extravagantly illustrated volume from a well-respected New Orleans expert covers such topics as the place of the old-line krewes in the evolution of Mardi Gras, women\'s groups, flambeaux, the Carnival foods, and more.
Terms such as Lundi Gras, Muses, Krewe d\'Etat, and Orpheus are now part of the lexicon, while krewe names such as Venus, Mecca, and Freret survive only in trivia convers.
Even with its loyalty to tradition, Carnival in New Orleans has changed dramatically since the 1980s.
This extravagantly illustrated volume from a well-respected New Orleans expert covers such topics as the place of the old-line krewes in the evolution of Mardi Gras, women\'s groups, flambeaux, the Carnival foods, and more