New Orleans, Louisiana

Floats from the Zulu parade roll down <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PLGEO1001005011280000" title="St. Charles (Kane, Illinois)" href="/topic/us/illinois/kane-county/st.-charles-%28kane-illinois%29-PLGEO1001005011280000.topic">St. Charles</a> Avenue throwing beads and coconuts on <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="EVFES0000047" title="Mardi Gras" href="/topic/arts-culture/holidays/mardi-gras-EVFES0000047.topic">Mardi Gras</a> day in New Orleans.

( Getty Images / February 24, 2009 )

Floats from the Zulu parade roll down St. Charles Avenue throwing beads and coconuts on Mardi Gras day in New Orleans.

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