NEW ORLEANS — The Christmas season is officially drawing to a close, but it’s just the start of the season leading up to New Orleans’ biggest street party: Mardi
Drag queens, police, surf lifesavers and “Dykes on Bikes” were among the thousands parading through Sydney at the Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras.
The first day of Carnival is generally closed out by the Phunny Phorty Phellows, a historic Mardi Gras krewe, that marks the season with a ride on a street car that goes along the traditional St. Charles Street parade route in New Orleans. This year another group calling itself the “Societe des Champs Elysee” rode the Rampart-St. Claude street car line, which just opened last fall, to also commemorate the season.
Buddha-Bar Manila brimmed with bright holiday décor and resonated with a fun, festive air at its Mardi Gras New Year’s Eve Ball last December 31, 2014.
Welcome the New Year with a bang at Buddha-Bar Manila’s “Mardi Gras New Year’s Eve Ball”.
Drag queens and scantily-dressed dancers joined with politicians and military personnel for Sydney’s colourful gay and lesbian Mardi Gras, and to call for acceptance and equality.
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