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Parade floats crucial for Mardi Gras

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Historians say it was the mid 19th century that horseback drawn floats made their appearance in the Mardi Gras parades.

Since that period, Mardi Gras floats have become progressively more complex, detailed and spectacular.

From pirates to pharaohs to creatures of the land and sea floats are one of the highlights of the yearly Mardi Gras celebrations, and with good reason.

They are incredible works of art that can take as long as an entire year to create. 

The Mardi Gras floats are built by each individual Krewe to represent both the organization and a specific theme or idea.

As a founding member of the Krewe of Aurora more than 20 years ago Glyndon Childress has thrown his fair share of beads and has seen many floats made of paper mache become brittle and break, but now for the first time the Krewe refurbished their float with fiberglass.

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