Mardi Gras Luxury

Katelyn Roche
ENGL 2000



This picture represents Louisiana because it is so full of life. It includes so much that can describe Louisiana. Streets of downtown in New Orleans, Mardi Gras, the French Quarter, costumes, masks, beads, drinking, and crowded streets all symbolize the culture and livelihood of this wonderful southern state. You can tell by just looking at this picture that they are in New Orleans. I think New Orleans is a huge part of describing Louisiana; it is filled with people, food, culture, and fun. New Orleans is a place that allows people to be free and do whatever they want. They have not a care in the world; they just want to have fun. Many people go to New Orleans to get away from their hectic work lives and be a kid again. They can start drinking as soon as the sun comes out, starting off with mimosas or even bloody mary’s. The French Quarter is filled with so much culture that can be captured in this picture mostly by Mardi Gras. Crowded streets filled with people, alcohol, colors and beads have been going on for decades. In the background, you can see the unique architectural buildings with the balconies, ironed gate, and stacked up apartments. You can see the balconies are filled with people throwing beads. You can see the clubs in the background that bring out those crazy nights of Bourbon Street. This picture shows multiple people in costumes dressing up for Mardi Gras. The guy and girl in the front are dressed with bright pinks, oranges, yellows, purples, and greens. They’re wearing masks, feathers, boas, and beads showing the culture of the holiday. The man to the left of the bright couple is celebrating by dressing up in a doctor costume. He is wearing a blue lab coat and a stethoscope around his head. These costumes represent Louisiana by allowing people to be whoever they want to be in the streets of downtown New Orleans. The streets are filled with people drinking and beads on everyone’s neck. You can see in the background, people waving their hand and yelling to those who are on the balcony for beads those best beads on Bourbon. The man in the bottom left corner of the picture is holding the well-known alcoholic drink, “hand grenades”, while being swallowed by beads. The flag’s in the background have the infamous colors of purple, green, and gold showing the history of Mardi Gras. The purple stands for justice, green represents faith, and gold symbolizes power. Looking at the people filling up this picture, you can tell everyone is having fun with smiles and laughter on their faces. Mardi Gras is Louisiana’s most vibrant festival. This picture shows the diversity of tourists and locals that visit and live in this fun filled city. By music, culture, fun and life, this picture represents all the great things Louisiana brings to this world.