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re: What's the most irrelevant parish in Louisiana?

Posted on 3/2/17 at 7:10 pm to
Posted by LongueCarabine
Pointe Aux Pins, LA
Member since Jan 2011
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Posted on 3/2/17 at 7:10 pm to
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. Single-handedly responsible for the popularity of Mardi Gras in the rural parishes. It all started in Mamou in the '50s.


Pretty sure mamou predates the 50s as do most of the others



The Cajun Mardi Gras celebration pretty much died out after the turn of the century and the Great Depression. It was restarted by a couple of Mamouians, Paul Tate Sr. and Revon Reed in the early 50s.

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