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Joyous parades and parties kick off New Orleans’ Mardi Gras

FILE _ Galatoire's waiter Imre Szalai serves Barkus King Rockafella, seated, and Queen Biscuit, on the floor, their royal lunch at the famous restaurant in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Feb. 9, 2007. The buildup to New Orleans’ Mardi Gras celebration intensifies Friday, Feb. 10, 2023, with nighttime parades rolling along St. Charles Avenue and animal lovers gathering at Galatoire's Restaurant to pay tribute to four-legged faux royalty. (AP Photo/Bill Haber, File)

FILE - A crowd of people attend the Bourbon Street Awards costume contest on Tuesday, March 1, 2022, in the French Quarter of New Orleans on Mardi Gras. The buildup to New Orleans’ Mardi Gras celebration intensifies Friday, Feb. 10, 2023, with nighttime parades rolling along St. Charles Avenue and animal lovers gathering at Galatoire's Restaurant to pay tribute to four-legged faux royalty. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

Joyous parades and parties kick off New Orleans’ Mardi Gras