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• Traditional Cajun Mardi Gras continues in Mamou Play Video

  March 1, 2022 6:02 PM

  MAMOU- In Evangeline Parish, the traditional Cajun Mardi Gras is a bit different than New Orleans. Instead of riding around on floats, revelers ride from house to house on horseback in colorful homemade costumes. "We're like the old-time Mardi Gras, that first started," said Gary Brignac, one of several... more »

• Chasing chickens in Mamou on Mardi Gras Play Video

  February 25, 2020 5:48 PM

  MAMOU - The Courir de Mardi Gras tradition lives on in Evangeline Parish. Men in colorful costumes and masks travel around town on horseback making stops where they collect ingredients for the gumbo. The Mardi Gras event has been happening for decades passed on from family to family.... more »