You gotta love a Valentine’s Day Mardi Gras, and today’s parade in downtown Asheville had costumed revelers hitting the streets to the beat of the city’s distinctive drum.
Click here to see a photo gallery of the event. Click here to see a set of flickr photos by andolent; photos here from Bill Rhodes; photos here from mogmismo; photos here from Michelle Rabell; and photos here from mygothlaundry.
Here’s video of the parade, from start to finish:
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More Asheville Mardis Gras videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5k2qW8w4_I by collegiatepenury
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dmqtyikv1To by BobWhiteVideo
Think of these as Video, just 23fps slower. Photos from the Mardi Gras Parade:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mogmismo/sets/72157623312682309/show/
Mogmismo, great photos!
Those were quite great photos, sad I missed the event…far, far away…